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Manuel "Kuya Manny" Calpito (born Mar 2, 1943) author, inventor and a multi-awardee radio anchorman in the Philippines, who originated the institutional public service radio program DZRH OPERATION TULONG. Currently Kuya Manny and Marvin U. Mangabat, president of the themumgroup founded Operation Tulong USA Foundation, Inc. and an Internet Television Station, otusa.tv,, based in Glendale, California, USA.

Biography

1952-- 1965 Kuya Manny Calpito was raised in Tres Reyes, a small barrio with a population of 40 in the town of Saguday, Nueva Vizcaya. His poetry was discovered at the age of 10, when he was requested to recite a “daniw” (Ilokano for poem) in their town fiesta program. He delivered it impromptu. His early written poems were in the Ilokano dialect and published in Bannawag magazine. However, moved to Tagalog writing when he was supposedly in sophomore. He was forced to stop school due to inability of his parents to support his matriculation. He then utilized these years to harnish his Tagalog writing. He went back to school after two years in the farm and upon graduation from high school, he produced and directed a stage show extravaganza showcasing Stella Suaréz, at the Terry Theater, in Santiago, Isabela.

1965 -- 1969 - Kuya Manny Calpito submitted a sample script for Radio Soap Opera to DXMC, AM radio in Davao City, and landed the job. He flourished from scriptwriting to producing and directing Radio Dramas. He continued his college education as a scholar in the University of Mindanao, who owned and operated the radio station.

1969 -- 1983 In the middle of 1969, he returned to Manila and started his broadcasting career with the Voice Of The Philippines (VOP), a government-operated radio station. In 1972, President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, declared Presidential Proclamation 1081. During this time, he anchored a public service radio show titled “Buhay Gabi” that ushered the beginning of a new type of Radio Public Service during the Marshal Law Years. Kuya Manny Calpito started utilizing the masses to join in his program. He encouraged taxi drivers, barangay members, military personnel, movie personalities, music artists, entertainers, medical personnel, hospitals, police stations, philanthropist and the masses to participate in his radio show. He was instrumental in organizing the first Community Fire Brigade, (New Market Fire Brigade) composed of Filipino-Chinese Volunteers. He introduced the first private two-way-radio communication connected in the studio and directly report on the air while volunteering in assisting traffic accidents, fire and immediate medical needs. He brought the format of the show when he transferred to DZRH in 1977, a privately owned radio station and started the DZRH OPERATION TULONG program in December of the same year. The show was an overnight sensation and garnered awards that eventually elevated into the Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA), RADIO HALL OF FAME in 1983.

1983 to present - Kuya Manny Calpito immigrated to the United States in 1983 and worked as a textile chemist with Pacific Fabric Finishing located at Vernon City, one of the leading fabric finishing companies in Los Angeles, California. The love for broadcasting caused him to leave the company after 9 years and began producing his independently-owned radio show with KWIZ FM, Pasadena, California. Kuya Manny Calpito wanted to broaden his horizon by venturing in the field of invention. He was awarded a patent for “Steering Wheel Lock” design in 1999. Subsequently, he received the copyright for his “Pet Saver” invention in 2002. In 2008, Kuya Manny Calpito went back to the Philippines and anchored a public service radio program titled “DZAS PUBLIC SERVICE with DZAS AM radio, owned and operated by Far East Broadcasting Company FEBC, at Karuhatan, Valenzuela City, Metro Manila, Philippine. This program inspired him to write and published a book titled “Super Hagikhik, Imbensyon, Resipi At Iba Pa” (Super Laugh-ins, Inventions, Recipes, etc.)

During 2010, Kuya Manny Calpito returned to Los Angeles, after Marvin U. Mangabat, President of the themumgroup joined him to be the pioneers of a global public service organization. The foundation was granted a 501(c)(3) status in April of 2010. The name Operation Tulong USA Foundation, Inc. was inspired by the Radio Hall of Fame program he popularized in the Philippines. In the same year they established the mik-mik global media network and revived OTUSA.TV, an internet television station.