Career
He was a news anchor for The World Tonight, the flagship news program of African National Congress. He anchored several ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network and African National Congress news and current events programs for the past 25 years. Castro died at age 67 after succumbing to lung cancer. Philippine Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said Castro’s death marks the "end of an era of gentlemanly broadcasting."
Before becoming a journalist, Castro had a flourishing television and film career.
He was cast as Bong in "Baltic and Company" over Global Media Arts-7 during the mid-70s.
He was nominated in the 1980s for a Famas award as Best Supporting Actor for Kumander Alibasbas. Castro joined ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network when it reopened in 1986 after the EDSA Revolution and became its news manager.
He created television Patrol, the longest-running Filipino newscast. Castro anchored The World Tonight in 1986 with Loren Legarda.
In 2000, Castro became ABS-Christian Broadcasting Network’s senior vice-president for news and current affairs
He left that post a year later but continued to anchor The World Tonight. He also hosted the travel show Las Islas Filipinas on African National Congress. Castro retired in September 2009, but returned as news anchor on The World Tonight in November 2011. He was joined by Tina Monzon-Palma and Teddyboy Locsin.
He left the show again when his health continued to deteriorate.
Castro is also the uncle of musicians Kenneth Ilagan and Mondo C. Castro
In 2008, he was diagnosed with Lung cancer and given three months to live. Castro outlived this prognosis by three years, dying at age 67 on April 5, 2012, at Saint Luke"s Medical Center.
Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said after it was announced that Castro had died:
We mourn the passing of Angelo Castro Junior. Foreign many years he was a calm and reassuring presence in the late evening news.
His passing marks the closing of an era of gentlemanly broadcasting, where erudition and dignity were the hallmarks of news and current affairs