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Estrada lands weekend anchor at WINK and WXCW

January 20, 2017 by Veronica Villafañe

John Carlos EstradaJohn-Carlos Estrada has made a 47 market jump to Fort Myers, where he starts a new job as weekend anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WINK and CW affiliate WXCW.

He’ll be anchoring the 6 and 11 pm newscasts on CBS and the 6:30 and 10 pm shows on CW on Saturdays and Sundays.

He’ll report dayside Monday through Wednesday for the 4 to 7 pm newscasts.

He’ll anchor his first newscasts tomorrow.

Estrada moved to Florida from East Texas, where he was lead anchor and managing editor a ABC affiliate KTRE-TV in Lufkin for more than two years. He left the station on January 6.

He began his on-air career at KAVU-TV in Victoria, Texas as the station’s main news anchor. He was previously a segment producer for MSNBC’s “The Cycle” and NBC’s “Weekend Today” in New York City.

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: John Carlos Estrada, WINK

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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.

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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.

Full bio here
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