Irigueño Jimmy Alanis named Director of IBC-13

January 21, 2014

A prominent Irigueño, who had long been a broadcast journalist at the defunct ABS-CBN DZRB, was recently appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as member of the board of television network Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC 13).

A younger brother of the late Eddie Alanis, Jimmy Alanis once lorded over as the number 1 broadcaster in the Bicol Region during the 60s and 70s. He also served as the station manager of RPN DZKI in Iriga City and used to anchor a primetime radio program at DZRB called Jimmy, Oh Jimmy. More recently, he worked as the regional television head of GMA-7.

Alanis replaced Eric Canoy as member of the board of IBC-13.

Apart from Alanis, the other newly-installed members of the board of directors of IBC-13 are Lauro Vizconde, Jose Avellana Jr. who is also the new chairman of IBC, Manolito "Lito" Ocampo Cruz, Ernesto Maipid, Jr., Reynaldo Castro, Jose Rafael Hernandez, Diosdado Marasigan, and Arturo Alejandrino, who replaced Ronald “Ronnie” Rickets.