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Estrella TV hires Ferriz Hijar as national anchor

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Pedro Ferris
Pedro Ferriz

Mexican journalist Pedro Ferriz Hijar has been named anchor of Estrella TV’s 10:30 pm national newscast “Cierre de Edición.”

That’s the newscast that was launched in 2010 and anchored by Enrique Gratas until he died of cancer last year.

Pedro is moving from Mexico for this new role. His on-air debut will be sometime in mid to late February.

He was most recently primetime newscast anchor for Efekto TV and hosted a 3-hour nightly program on Poder México Radio.

A third generation broadcaster, he is the son of Mexican radio and TV personality Pedro Ferriz de Con and grandson of radio and TV presenter Pedro Ferriz Santacruz.

Pedro’s arrival means he will be unseating Adriana Ruggiero, who has been anchoring the newscast for the past several months.

Pedro will also take over the network’s public affairs/political show “En la lucha,” which Adriana has been hosting since December, after Estrella TV parted ways with Hernán Molina.

Adriana Ruggiero
Adriana Ruggiero

What will happen to Adriana?

Management is still trying to figure that out. But an executive told Media Moves that she will definitely remain with the network.

One of the options being considered is to have Adriana co-host the 5:30 pm national newscast. A final decision will be made within the next few weeks.

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  1. RampartViewer says

    Quizas Pedro sea un excelente profesional.
    Ese no es el punto.
    Pero, no los hay de igual o mas calidad aca, en Norteamerica ?
    Incluso, mexicanos ?
    Como a menudo pasa con nuestra prensa hispana, lo malinche gana, pero a la inversa.
    Bienvenido Pedro and good luck.

  2. José Hernández says

    Datos falsos de su publicación:
    Este sujeto NO es periodista, su “máximo” logró es ser hijo de otro sujeto que TAMPOCO es periodista, pero que por ser rastrero y lambiscón con los del poder, pudo acceder a niveles económicos de origen quizá inciertos.
    Este sujeto NO trabajaba para Elektra TV, sino para Efekto TV.
    Quitar a Adriana Ruggiero para darle cabida a este sujeto, es la majadería más grande que se le pudo haber hecho.
    Y por último, ¿conocen el historial negro de este sujeto?
    ¿Tan mal están las cosas que colectan esta clase de basura?

  3. AReyMuerto says

    O sea Jose..quieres decir que fue otro dedazo, como ese que puso a L.Krauze en el 34, humillando a ese gran profesional que es R.Peimbert ?
    O sea, que EstrellaTV padece la misma enfermedad de UniVisa ?