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Jose Diaz Balart

Díaz-Balart named permanent Saturday Nightly News anchor; gives up MSNBC show

July 13, 2016 by Veronica Villafañe

Starting August 6, José Díaz-Balart will be the new full-time Saturday anchor of NBC’s Nightly News. He had been part of a rotating cast of anchors filling the spot since November of 2015.

NBC today announced it was making his Saturday night role permanent.

José will continue to anchor “Noticiero Telemundo” on weeknights, in addition to his Sunday morning show “Enfoque con José Díaz-Balart.”

In making this move, José will give up his MSNBC show “The Rundown,” which airs weekday mornings at 10 am ET.

However, in a written statement about his departure from the show, MSNBC president Phil Griffin said José will continue to “contribute regularly to special reports and major events for both NBC News and MSNBC – starting with the Republican and Democratic national conventions where he will anchor on-the-ground live coverage.”

José is the only journalist currently anchoring network newscasts in English and Spanish.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Jose Diaz Balart, NBC Nightly News

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  1. El ArcAngel de Dios says

    July 13, 2016 at 11:33 PM

    Wow. That is passion for the job…

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, 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.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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