BUHAY Party-list Rep. Joselito Atienza thanked on Saturday the 39th Catholic Mass Media Awards for giving his weekly television show “Maynila” a special Citation for a drama program.
“Maynila,” a multi-awarded weekly morning Saturday television show of GMA 7, was started by then-mayor Atienza in 1999.
It has been a consistent top-rating program in its time slot and is one of the longest-running block-time TV programs in the broadcast industry.
Atienza’s daughter, executive producer Angela Lei Atienza-Valdepeñas, received the plaque from CMMA during the awards night at the Star Theater in Pasay City.
She said: “We would like to thank the Catholic Mass Media Awards for this Special Citation in recognition of Maynila’s efforts to continuously give inspiration to our audiences through interesting life stories promoting love of life and the family, as well as traditional Filipino values and culture.
“I am proud of my dad, who started this program 18 years ago. For almost two decades, he has maintained the show’s noble objective of promoting positive values.”
