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Telemundo stations to launch Texas regional morning newscast

August 23, 2022 by Veronica Villafañe

The Telemundo Station Group is going to launch a regional morning newscast for its Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, McAllen and El Paso, Texas stations.

The two-hour “Noticias Telemundo Texas” will air Monday to Friday from 5 to 7 am CT, starting September 26.

To accommodate the new program, Telemundo’s “hoyDía” national morning show will be pushed an hour later in those markets to 7 am CT, instead of its current 6 am CT starting slot.

“Noticias Telemundo Texas” will be anchored from The Studios at DFW, home to KXTX Telemundo 39, KXAS NBC 5 and LX News network and fed to the other stations.

The company says it is currently hiring for behind camera and on-camera roles to support this local news launch.

No anchors or reporters have officially been announced yet.

However, inside sources tell Media Moves execs have zeroed in on Carlos Zapata and Analía Fiestas as the anchors for the new show and have brought in Karuska Matos Horta from Univision 45 Houston to be the new show’s meteorologist.

The company would not confirm or comment on the talent lineup.

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  1. Mario Rosales says

    August 23, 2022 at 9:27 AM

    2 hours of content for five stations in one budget.
    Newsrooms are getting cheap.
    This sounds like TPC 2.0; hopefully it won’t end like it.

  2. Gavin says

    August 23, 2022 at 10:24 AM

    Well with Univision stations launch morning news I did say that in 2018, that Telemundo stations would launch a newscast in the mornings and in Houston and Dallas not sure about SA but, Univision they have morning show for San Antonio and simulcast in Austin which is an hour away. But never did expect KTLM or KTDO to launch one and especially this being a regional show also KTDO hasn’t updated to the current graphics package im sure this morning show will have the current look so it’s interesting how this will play out. Also they took a cue from Univision and English-Language station with going to 5-7am instead 4am-6am like Univision station did before going to regional then back to local in 2019.

  3. Gavin says

    August 23, 2022 at 10:26 AM

    I also predict Telemundo Chicago is next. I am a prophet.

    • news_guy says

      August 25, 2022 at 7:05 PM

      Hey prophet, can you predict how long this regional morning news will last? Lol

      • Gavin says

        September 4, 2022 at 5:59 PM

        Depends how the newscasts goes.

  4. Kxtx says

    August 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM

    Ya dejen de pasar el chisme de analia y Carlos. Ni en la estación de dallas la gente sabía jajaja

    • XTXK says

      August 23, 2022 at 4:53 PM

      Entonces, ya es oficial?
      Dicen alla que nada saben pues nada dicen.
      Misterio galactico de los Jefes.

      • Kxtx says

        August 23, 2022 at 5:06 PM

        Exacto; esos jefes de Kxtx viven en otra galaxia … definitivamente

    • Robert says

      August 24, 2022 at 7:46 PM

      Pero Carlos anda por los Neuoyoressss. Anda conquistando la gran manzana. Deja el chisme

  5. Kxtx says

    August 23, 2022 at 5:14 PM

    Felicidades a las estaciones de Texas. Es bueno que haya mas opciones para los televidentes.
    Si me llama la atención que mercados grandes como Houston y dallas no decidan hacer su propio noticiero matutino; esta es una manera barata de hacer shows, pero pues como dicen: “peor es nada”.
    No se que tanto le importe a la gente de Houston por ejemplo lo que pase en El Paso, o a la gente de Dallas lo que pase en McAllen.
    Y espero que el equipo encargado y Analia y Carlos puedan aguantar la presión. Ahora no tendrán que responder a los managers de una estación; sino a CINCO.

  6. kevin rosas says

    August 24, 2022 at 10:32 AM

    Que bueno que hayan salido con este proyecto. La verdad el show matutino nacional no es nada interesante. Los mejores éxitos!

  7. James says

    August 29, 2022 at 8:17 PM

    Es un proyecto para tratar de subir los caidos ratings de la cadena….pero es una buena oportunidad..para el nuevo talento….hay controversiales elecciones en noviembre y ojala esto no sea un invento como el famoso fracasado centro de noticias de TX ….

    • Enrique T says

      August 31, 2022 at 4:03 PM

      Lo mismo pensé. Dentro de lo positivo, han contratado pocas posiciones. Si el matutino no funciona, son pocas las cabezas que hay que reubicar o dejar ir. Cuando existía el TPC, eran muchas más personas en grupos distintos para cada mercado. Cuando eso termino, fue una masacre. Con este show regional el daño no sería el mismo.

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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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