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Ortiz named morning anchor at KVEA as Leal returns to KXTX

April 5, 2018 by Veronica Villafañe

Alejandra Ortiz - Nancy Leal

Alejandra Ortiz has been named anchor for KVEA Telemundo 52’s 5 and 6 am newscasts.

She’ll replace current morning news anchor Nancy Leal, who is returning to KXTX Telemundo 39 Dallas to co-anchor the station’s weekday 4 and 4:30 pm newscasts with Carlos Zapata.

Ortiz joined the Telemundo Los Angeles station in 2017 as the 6 and 11 pm weekend news anchor. She previously worked as the weekday news co-anchor for Noticiero Telemundo Las Vegas.

Leal returns to Texas screens beginning Monday, April 23. She’ll replace Teresa González who’s leaving the station.

Leal has been morning weekday news anchor at KVEA for the past two years. She previously worked at Telemundo Dallas for 11 years as a reporter and anchor of the weekend edition of “Noticiero Telemundo 39.”

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Alejandra Ortiz, KVEA, KXTX, Nancy Leal, Teresa Gonzalez

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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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