Telemundo officially announced today that Edna Schmidt has been named co-anchor for “Noticiero Telemundo Chicago” 5pm and 10 pm editions, effective immediately. She joins co-anchor Alfonso Gutiérrez. Edna began her career in 1988 as news reporter and anchor in her native Puerto Rico, where she worked for WSJN-TV, Noticias 24. In 1995, she joined Univision as main […]
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Telemundo to produce Spanish version of “Top Chef”
Telemundo Media announced today it will produce “Top Chef: Estrellas,” a first-ever Spanish-language version of the popular competition series. The new original production, hosted by novela star Aylin Mujica, will feature 8 Hispanic celebrities competing for the Top Chef title and $100,000 to be given out to the charity of their choice. Lorena Garcia, one of the country’s […]
Santiago joins URadio’s X96.3 FM
Joel Santiago joins Univision Radio’s New York X96.3 FM – La Mezcla de NY, teaming up with radio personality “El Padrino,” beginning Thursday, June 13. His show will air Monday-Friday from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. Joel’s career took off in 2000 when his show, on WMEG-FM, became the top-rated afternoon radio program in Puerto Rico. In addition to his role […]
Abud: TPC no longer exists; details Telemundo’s local news expansion
In May of last year, Telemundo announced a multimillion-dollar investment to enhance current news programs and expand the stations’ news and local programming in “selected markets.” The decision to expand local news programming came 6 years after Telemundo eliminated local news in several of their owned and operated stations: San Jose, Phoenix, Denver, Houston, Dallas, […]
New role for Cosme, Vizcón promoted on first day
Javier Cosme, who has been doing double duty as News Director of Univision’s WLII-TV and WKAQ 580 AM in Puerto Rico for two and a half years, has resigned to his television role in order to focus on radio. Javier has assumed a new position as Content Director for WKAQ 580 for Univision Radio. In his new role, he’ll be […]
Valle named Radio Ink Executive of the Year
Univision Radio President José Valle was named Executive of the Year by Radio Ink magazine. Valle, responsible for 70 radio stations in 16 of the top U.S. Hispanic markets and five stations in Puerto Rico, will be featured as the cover interview in the January 7 issue of Radio Ink. About being named Executive of the Year, Valle told […]