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Gabriel Sotelo

Sotelo leaves Telemundo 48 sports anchor seat for religious venture

March 26, 2019 by Veronica Villafañe

Gabriel Sotelo has resigned as weeknight sports anchor at KSTS Telemundo 48 to embark on an entirely different career path.

He left the station to become a pastor and help open the Austin campus of Bay Area-based VIVE Church.

His last day on the air was March 8.

“I’m more than grateful to have been a part of Telemundo 48 and NBC Bay Area for almost five years. I had the opportunity to grow professionally and do things I only dreamed of as a kid,” Sotelo tells Media Moves.

“The time has come to grow in other areas of my life. Through this time I realized that my priorities were my faith and my family. As I enter this new chapter of my life I will be able to focus on both.”

Sotelo was ordained as a pastor this past Sunday, March 24 and will lead VIVE Austin as Campus Director, along with his wife.

Prior to joining Telemundo 48 in 2014, Sotelo was an anchor at the Entravision-owned Univision morning show “Despierta San Diego.”

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Gabriel Sotelo, Telemundo 48

Reader Interactions

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  1. Jimmy Suagar says

    March 26, 2019 at 11:59 PM

    Pastors make way more money than tv talent…. good move brah! The lavish lifestyle of a pastor….

    • Jimmy Salty says

      March 27, 2019 at 6:19 AM

      Maybe he won’t make such amount as you suggest.
      Maybe is just his call.
      Whether is TV or a Temple, every one needs to find their own call.
      It seems you have not yet.
      Get a life brah. Yours is slipping.

      • Jimmy Suagar says

        March 27, 2019 at 8:18 AM

        And Yes , this is a good business call: preaching to burning man people … but hey, it is not my money they are taking…

  2. Chip Thomas says

    March 29, 2019 at 6:07 AM

    Good for you Gabriel, Happy fo you my friend….I hope our paths cross again down the road.

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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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