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Del Villar named anchor for Telemundo network’s weekend newscast

September 4, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Telemundo announced it will launch its new national weekend newscast, “Noticiero Telemundo Fin de Semana,” on Saturday, October 4 at 5 pm ET and that Edgardo del Villar will be the show’s anchor.

Edgardo has been a network correspondent and news anchor for Telemundo’s “Un Nuevo Día,” since September of last year.

Before Telemundo, he worked in Mexico, where he anchored “Las Noticias,” Televisa’s primetime newscast in Monterrey. He also spent more than a decade as news director and anchor for various radio networks, including MVS, Radio Fórmula and Núcleo Radio Monterrey, and advisor to the editorial board of Grupo Reforma, Mexico’s largest media group.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Edgardo del Villar, Telemundo

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  1. Gavin Martinez says

    September 4, 2014 at 2:14 PM

    Thank you Telemundo making that move rivals now with Univision and their weekend newscast i remember when Noticiero Telemundo had weekend newscast along with Al Rojo Vivo then it was cancelled it a come back thank god.

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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