Lia Cruz is a television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 host, magazine columnist and sportscaster

Sportscaster

In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...

 in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, now with The Kapatid Network TV5

Associated Broadcasting Company

The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...

 as a host of travel and tech show Tech Trip and daily morning show Sapul sa Singko

Sapul sa Singko

Sapul sa Singko , formerly Sapul is TV5's morning show...

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PBA Career

She is noted for being one of the youngest and most popular female sportscasters in the Philippines, from her stints as the main host for BTV under Solar Sports and as a courtside reporter for the PBA (Philippine Basketball Association).

Magazine Career

Lia is also a magazine stylish columnist for Candy Magazine, a youth female magazine for young teenage girls published by Summit Media

Summit Media

Summit Media is the leading consumer magazine publisher in the Philippines. The first issue was on June 1995, for the magazine Preview. It was a successful publication launch which brought about the rise of other magazines titles for the different Filipino lifestyles...

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TV Career

A former UAAP courtside reporter for Ateneo, former projects include House of Hoops (ABC 5

Associated Broadcasting Company

The Associated Broadcasting Company, Inc is a television network in the Philippines, with main broadcast facilities and transmitter located at 762 Quirino Highway, San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The network was previously known as the , Associated Broadcasting Company remains the legal...

), Man and Machine (MTV, Studio 23) Auto Extreme (Solar Sports

Solar Sports

Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV, The Game Channel, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal & Basketball TV, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation...

), U-Rock (radio show on NU107), and DJ on Heart 103.5.

Product Endorser

Cruz is an endorser of Adidas

Adidas

Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...

 and an AB Communication graduate of Ateneo De Manila University

Ateneo de Manila University

The Ateneo de Manila University is a private teaching and research university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. It began in 1859 when the City of Manila handed control of the Escuela Municipal de Manila in Intramuros, Manila, to the Jesuits...

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Current TV Career

Lia is now one of the newest hosts of Sapul Sa 5 airs daily mornings on TV5 (formerly ABC 5), this was her return to Kapatid Network after 4 years since her last one as a former host of "House Of Hoops" also aired on TV5.

TV Shows

• UAAP Basketball games (Studio 23
  Studio 23
  Studio 23 is a Filipino television network owned by the ABS-CBN Corporation. The network is named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV, which is carried on UHF channel 23...
  
  , 2005-2006) - courtside reporter
• PBL
  PBL
  - Sports:* B.C. Premier Baseball League, a youth baseball league in British Columbia, Canada* Philippine Basketball League, a men's basketball minor league in the Philippines...
  
   (Studio 23, 2001-2005; Solar TV 2009-2010)
• Auto Extreme (Solar Sports
  Solar Sports
  Solar Entertainment Corporation which also created its sister stations, Talk TV, The Game Channel, ETC, 2nd Avenue, Jack TV, Universal Channel, Diva Universal & Basketball TV, Solar Sports or the Solar Sports Network is a Philippine sports channel owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation...
  
  , 2005-present)
• House Of Hoops (TV5, 2006)
• Man and Machine (MTV, 2008-2009)
• PBA
  PBA
  PBA may refer to:*Lead-Acid Battery *Palm Beach Atlantic University*Partial-birth abortion or intact dilation and extraction*Patrolmen's Benevolent Association*PB Air's ICAO code*Philippine Basketball Association...
  
   (TV5, 2008-2009; Solar TV 2008-2010) - courtside reporter
• Sapul Sa 5
  Sapul sa Singko
  Sapul sa Singko , formerly Sapul is TV5's morning show...
  
   (TV5, 2010-present) - host
• Tech Trip (TV5, 2010-present) - host

Radio

• Heart 103.5 "103.5 Wow FM" (as a DJ, 2002-2005)
• U-Rock (NU 107
  NU 107
  NU107 was the flagship radio station of Progressive Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's last studio was located at the ground floor, AIC Gold Tower, F. Ortigas Jr. Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City....
  
  , 2005-2010)