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17 unusual facts about Univision


Alex Roland

Since 2002, he has been working with New York's Univisión news affiliate, WXTV-DT, first as a reporter and eventually as a news anchor and producer.

Working with New York's Univisión news affiliate, WXTV-DT, Roland notably produces the segment "Our People", which highlights the work of Latin Americans living in the United States.

Alina María Hernández

Cachita is famous among Univision TV viewers for her entrances to the El Gordo y la Flaca show: She always falls to the floor when she enters the studio.

Cachita debuted on television as a participant in a singing contest at Don Francisco's Sábado Gigante ("Gigantic Saturday") show, on Univision.

Ana Carolina da Fonseca

Da Fonseca has made numerous television appearances as herself, including as the model and presenter on the television series El Blablazo and its spin-offs, which aired on the broadcast-television network Univision from 1998 to 2001.

Cain Velasquez

He has been a guest star on the Spanish-language television networks Telemundo and Univision.

Grupo Cisneros

Venevision is currently one of the main programming suppliers for Univision, the leading Spanish-language television network in the United States.

Keith Summa

Summa currently serves as vice president of news partnerships for Univision.

KXII-DT2

Prior to KXII-DT2's launch, the UPN affiliation in the Sherman-Ada market was available only through now-defunct low-power station KOKT-LP (channel 20); that station switched its affiliation to Univision in 2004 when it became one of four repeaters of KUOK in Woodward, which affiliated with the Spanish language network that year.

La Bella Beauty, Inc.

Sissi (model) Fleitas, a Cuban model and co-host of Sábado Gigante on Univision, is the current spokesperson for La Bella Beauty Inc.

Mara Escalante

Most of her Televisa appearances, as well as her appearance on Viviana a la medianoche, have aired on the Univision network in the United States.

María Antonieta de las Nieves

In 2012, de las Nieves participated as a contestant in Univision's third season of Mira Quién Baila.

Mariana Atencio

Prior to Fusion (TV channel), Atencio was a correspondent for Noticiero Univision and the Investigation and Documentaries Unit at Univision

Michelle Caruso-Cabrera

Prior to that, she was a reporter and later a special projects producer for Univision, where she won an Emmy Award for a five-part series on children with AIDS.

Sábado Al Mediodía

Sabado Al Mediodia, a variety and entertainment show that was the number-one-rated local Spanish TV program on Univision's New York affiliate, WXTV-41, from 1995-2000.

Sergio George

In August 2006, SGZ Entertainment became part of La Calle Records, a sublabel of Univision.

Y No Puedo Olvidarte

On July 17, 2008, the song was performed for the first time on television on Univision's Premios Juventud.


A Oscuras Pero Encendidos

Univision Con La Noche Encima("With The Night On Top") was a Spanish-language variety/talk show which was hosted by Horacio Villalobos and Javier “Poty” Castillo.

Agnes Benítez

In the spring of 2009 Agnes participated in Univision's reality contest Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009, were she placed as one of the twenty semi-finalists, but was eliminated right before the final twelve finalists were chosen.

Ana Patricia González

After weeks of competition and eliminations, she won the grand prize of USD $250,000, a contract with Univision and the title "Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010", making her the second Mexican woman to obtain the title, after Alejandra Espinoza in 2007.

Cesar Conde

Mr. Conde married in 2009 to Univision News Anchor Pamela Silva Conde.

Enrique Borja

He was co-commentator for the American television network, Univision, for the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 tournament (June – July 2006), with Fernando Fiore, a veteran Univision sports commentator.

K26KJ

Please note that since 1984 until June 12, 2009, the analog channel 26 was occupied by th full-power Univision-affiliate KINT-DT, the another station now broadcasts on digital channel 25 (Virtual Channel 26.1).

KDTP

In 2004, NBC Telemundo, owner of a Class A LPTV station in Phoenix, KDRX-CA (now KDPH-LP), reached an agreement with KDTP that would allow the Telemundo network to secure a full-service station in order to compete on even terms with the leading Spanish-language station in town, Univision-owned KTVW-TV.

KDTV-DT

Enrique Gratas, former anchor of Univision's late night newscast Noticiero Univision Última Hora, was the original anchor of KDTV's newscasts when the station launched.

KEYU

KEYU, known locally as Univisión Amarillo or Univisión 41, is a Spanish-language television station in Borger, Texas, serving the Amarillo market on digital channel 31 as an affiliate of Univision, and on analog low-power station KEYU-LP channel 41.

Univisión Amarillo can also be seen in Amarillo, Texas on KEAT-LP channel 22, and locally on Suddenlink Cable channel 2 where actual TV station KACV-TV on channel 3.

KKEY-LP

However, due to Providence Equity Partners' partial ownership stake in the Spanish-language network Univision, the owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate KUVI-TV, KKEY-LP was sold along with KGET-TV and five other stations (KGPE in Fresno, California, KTVX and KUCW in the Salt Lake City, Utah DMA, WOAI-TV in San Antonio, Texas and WTEV-TV in Jacksonville, Florida) to High Plains Broadcasting.

KNIC-CA

Univision had been an applicant since 2000 for a full-service television station on UHF channel 52 in Blanco, and after winning the auction to build the station, they requested that the FCC change the allocation from channel 52 to channel 17.

KRNS-CD

This acquisition made both KREN and KAZR/KRNS sisters to former Univision affiliate KNVV-LP (Channel 41, which switched to TeleFutura now UniMás around the same time).

KTFO-CD

31. In 2002, the station's calls changed again to KDAS-CA, and became a repeater of KAKW-TV in Killeen, after that station switched its affiliation to Univision.

KTFQ-DT

The KTFQ-DT studio is co-located with Entravision, which operates a Joint Sales Agreement for KTFQ-DT and also owns two other stations in Albuquerque, Univisión affiliate KLUZ channel 41 and Home Shopping Network affiliate KTFA-LP channel 48.

KUNP

On August 21, 2012, Fisher Communications signed an affiliation agreement with MundoFox, a Spanish-language competitor to Univision that is owned as a joint venture between Fox International Channels and Colombian broadcaster RCN TV, for KUNP and Seattle sister station KUNS to be carried on both stations as digital subchannels starting in late September.

KUOK

Prior to affiliating with Univision, KOKT-LP operated as an independent station from 1994 to 1995, before becoming the UPN affiliate for the Ada, Oklahoma-Sherman, Texas television market between 1995 and 2004; however Oklahoma City area and North Texas editions of TV Guide (during the magazine's local listings era) claimed that the market's NBC affiliate KTEN ran select UPN programs as an additional affiliation from 1995 to 2002.

KUPB

KUPB is a Spanish-language television station in the Midland/Odessa, Texas area owned by Entravision and affiliated with Univisión.

KUTP

KUTP affiliated with UPN upon the network's January 16, 1995 debut, becoming the first English-language station in the market to be owned by a commercial broadcast network (KTVW, channel 33, was the first network-owned station in the market, having been owned by Univision since 1977 when it was known as the Spanish International Network).

Lupita Jones

Lupita Jones and longtime rival Osmel Sousa are now judges for Nuestra Belleza Latina, a beauty pageant created by Hispanic television network Univision that is for beautiful latinas that live in the United States.

María Antonieta Collins

In 1993 was appointed as the successor of María Celeste Arrarás as the weekend anchor of Noticiero Univision, covering Jorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas while they were out.

María Elena Meneses Rocha

From 1995 to 2001 she was a correspondent with Univision, covering political, economic and social stories on shows such as Noticiero Nacional, ¡Despierta América! and Ultima Hora.

Planeta U

Debuting first in the 1990s then returning to Univision's line up on April 5, 2008, Planeta U features programming that comply with federal E/I content rules as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission.

Que Lloren

The music video of "Que Lloren" was filmed in Downtown Miami in March 2007 and priemiered March 21, 2007 on the television show "Primer Impacto" on the Univision channel.

Randy Falco

In 2013, Univision announced the launch of El Rey, a new network geared towards young-adult audiences led by Robert Rodriguez.1.

Roxana Baldetti

She was co-founder of the Spanish news program TV Noticias; She worked in Univisión, as a correspondent from Guatemala for the show Primer Impacto.

Segundo Cernadas

By 2004, Univision began to show Bésame Tonto in the United States; and Cernadas became the first Argentine actor to star in a Philippine soap opera, when he went to Manila to participate and team-up with Iza Calzado in Te Amo, Maging Sino Ka Man ("I Love You, Whoever You Are").

Spanish language in the United States

Continual immigration and prevalent Spanish-language mass media (such as Univisión, Telemundo, and Azteca América) support the Spanish-speaking populations.

The Luis Jiménez Show

On February 21, 2007, Luis Jiménez started producing his own show The Luis Jiménez Show and it started to be broadcast in several cities in the US, such as Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, among others through different Univisión Radio stations.

Univision Communications

In March 2007, Univision Communications, Inc. was sold to Broadcasting Media Partners, Inc. which includes Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, Providence Equity Partners Inc., TPG Capital, L.P., Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., and Saban Capital Group Inc.

Univision Deportes Network

Univision Deportes Network began broadcasting on April 7, 2012 and on DirecTV on March 17, 2013, along with Univision tlNovelas and FOROtv.

In addition to original programming, Univision Deportes broadcasts shows from Televisa Deportes Network in Mexico including Tribuna interactiva, Futbol en serio.

Univision Music Group

In the second quarter of 2004, Univision Music Group recording labels held the #1 position in the U.S. Latin music industry with an estimated 45% market 10.

Univision Music is also at the vanguard of identifying and developing new artists and new music genres, which is evidenced by its leading role and commitment to the unparalleled success of the Urban Regional movement, spearheaded by Platinum-recording and Grammy-nominated Latin Hip Hop sensation Akwid.

Velia Martínez

Her last great performance on stage was in 1989 in Luis Santiero's play, Mixed Blessings at the Coconut Grove Playhouse and her last television role was of Elena, a hair salon owner in the Univision series Corte Tropical in 1992.

Yolandita Monge

Roma Entertainment (2012–present)
Universal (2008)
Univision (2006–2007)
Ole Music (2005)
Warner Music (2002)
BMG (1999–2001)
WEA Latina (1992–1998)
Sony (1980–1991)
Discofono (1979)
Coco Records (1975–1978)
Tecca Records (1974)
AudioVox (1973)
Patty Records (1969–1972)