Mike Enriquez

Mike Enriquez
Mike Enriquez in 2016, outside White Plains Subdivision in Quezon City
Born	Miguel Castro Enriquez (1951-09-29) September 29, 1951 (age 65) Santa Ana, Manila, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Other names	"Baby Michael" or "Baby Mike" (names as a DJ) "Mr. Saksi"
Occupation	radio and television newscaster

Mike Enriquez (born Miguel Castro Enriquez on September 29, 1951 in Santa Ana, Manila), is a Filipino television and radio newscaster. He is also the Senior Vice-President for radio of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc.

He started his career in broadcasting as a staff announcer at the Manila Broadcasting Company in 1969. It began when he visited a friend in that company and accidentally discovered his interest in radio. He has since worked in various positions, as a broadcast reporter, a news editor, program director, and station manager, until he became manager of a medium-sized radio network. He also had stints in other radio networks such as Freedom Broadcasting Radio Network and Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), where he became vice president for the company. He was the man behind the huge success of DWKC 93.9, which stayed in the number 1 spot for so many years before he left in 1995. He is the voice behind the Mellow Touch 94.7 signature and introduction. He also became a disc jockey known as "Baby Michael" and played a disc jockey in Andrew E.'s 1992 movie Mahirap ang Maging Pogi (It's Not Easy Being Handsome).

In 1995, after leaving RMN, Enriquez attended a planning for male news anchoring, which turned out to be GMA Network's election coverage entitled "Decision '95". Near the deadlines, the auditions were unable to find any male anchors; Enriquez was the last person to be there. They told to him "Ikaw, gusto mag-anchor?", but he refused, joked on saying that his face never fits the coverage, saying it's up to the network to do the decision.

He was ready, but nervous, scared and cold, his first part was Karen Davila. As the morning slot begins, Enriquez's first words on TV were "Ito po ang Decision '95, Operation: Bantay Boto, dito lamang po sa GMA".

Months later, the network executives called for him to come back; they told him that he would anchor a 15-minute newscast, in the early evening slot, together with Davila, saying to make the news delivery fast, aside being delayed. The radio-style newscast, entitled Saksi: GMA Headline Balita premiered on October 2, 1995.