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Rivera named anchor at WVEA

July 22, 2015 by Veronica Villafañe

Samuel RiveraSamuel Rivera has started a new job as weekday co-anchor of WVEA-62’s Noticias Univision Tampa Bay. He’ll be co-anchoring the 6 and 11 pm news, alongside Sarykarmen Rivera (no relation).

Samuel’s first day on the air was yesterday. He replaces José Rivera Adrovet, who left the station last Friday.

Samuel arrives to Tampa from WVEN, the Entravision-owned station in Orlando, where he had been a weather anchor since May of this year. Before that, he was a news reporter for Univision affiliate KCEC in Denver.

Prior to Denver, he spent 4 years in his native Peru, where he helped launch news channel Willax TV. During his time there, he worked as an anchor and news director.

Samuel was previously a news reporter for WNJU Telemundo 47 in New York from 2001 to 2009.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Samuel Rivera, Univision Tampa, WVEA

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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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