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, 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 is the voice behind the Mellow Touch 94.7 signature and introduction. He also became a disc jockey known as "Baby Michael". He also played a disc jockey on Andrew E.'s 1992 movie, Mahirap ang Maging Pogi (It's Not Easy Being Handsome).

He was hired by GMA Network in 1995 as newscaster in in the 1995 Elections, where he had his television break as one of the news anchors of the network's early evening newscast, Saksi; then he first left Saksi to anchor the network's late-evening newscast, GMA Network News in 1998 and went back to Saksi after a few months. He left again to Saksi in 2004 to anchor the network's new early-evening newscast together with Mel Tiangco, 24 Oras.