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DJ Chacha bids farewell to ABS-CBN building: ‘Forever Kapamilya’

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Peter Andrew Acierto

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<p>Former Kapamilya radio host and television personality DJ Chacha turned emotional as she visited the ABS-CBN Building and the Millennium Transmitter earlier this week. On her Instagram account, she expressed how grateful she is for the lessons she learned while she was still working there before the shutdown happened in 2020. </p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5pCzPDzdj/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1212397.6000000006%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="901" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>DJ Chacha was one of the popular radio hosts in ABS-CBN’s FM Station, MOR 101.9. She is known for her bubbly personality on air and captivating the listeners through her voice.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/4/24/dj-chacha-recovers-from-injury-you-re-not-25-anymore-1539"><strong>READ: DJ Chacha recovers from injury: ‘You’re not 25 anymore’</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>“I found myself back in the place where it all started… my home for so many years, the station that gave me a voice, and the tower that carried my dreams across the airwaves,” she wrote.</p><p>The former Kapamilya talent shared some clips and photos of her recent visit to the ABS-CBN Building where she was joined by her other former workmates. In one of the clips she showed, a voice recording of hers which dated back to 2019 was played. </p><p>The ABS-CBN Building, alongside the Millennium Transmitter, is set to be demolished in the coming months after it was sold to Ayala Land Inc. (ALI). ABS-CBN previously signed a Memorandum of Agreement with ALI which sold 30,000 square meters out of the total 44,027.30 square meters of the property for 6.2 billion pesos.  </p><p>DJ Chacha added how coming back to her former workplace brought so much nostalgia to her as the place helped her find herself.</p><p>“Here, I learned how to listen. Here, I learned how to speak from the heart. And here, I met so many of you who became family to me… through stories, laughter, tears and late-night conversations,” she added.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/6/6/dj-chacha-celebrates-her-17th-anniversary-on-air-i-m-still-in-love-with-radio-0919"><strong>READ: DJ Chacha celebrates her 17th anniversary on air: &#x27;I&#x27;m still in love with radio&#x27;</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>She expressed her gratitude towards the ABS-CBN Building as it gave her the memories, milestones, and moments that she claimed that she’ll “forever carry” despite the actual building being gone.</p><p>“The lessons, the friendships and the love that grew here? Those are permanent. I say goodbye not with sadness, but with gratitude. Because everything I have now, everything I’ve become, it all traces back to this place,” she said. </p><p>“Forever thankful. Forever humbled. Forever home. Forever Kapamilya,” she ended</p><p>Fans of DJ Chacha shared some of their best memories with her in the comment section. Other netizens revealed that she was one of the reasons they took up a specific program in college.  </p>

<p>DJ Chacha visits the ABS-CBN building once more before it gets demolished. </p>