Roberto Yanez Named Vice President of News for Los Angeles #1 News Station, KMEX...

Roberto Yanez Named Vice President of News for Los Angeles #1 News Station, KMEX Univision 34

LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Univision's flagship station KMEX-TV Channel 34, Los Angeles' #1
rated news station for 14 consecutive years and the nation's largest
Spanish-language station, today announced the appointment of Roberto
Yanez as vice president of news, effective immediately. He will report
to Maelia Macin, vice president and general manager, KMEX Univision
34.

"I am pleased to have Roberto lead this very important area of our
daily operation. Under Roberto's leadership as acting news director
for the past year, Noticias Univision 34 at 6 pm is up +11% among
Adults 25-54 and the 11 pm news has expanded by +32% in NSI ratings,"
said Macin. "In addition, as we expand our news operation to
TeleFutura 46 by adding morning news, Roberto will be key in
maintaining the focus of our news as we continue to inform, empower
and educate our viewers as we have done for 45 years."

Roberto Yanez brings more than 20 years of experience in the
industry. He began his career at Univision 13 years ago as managing
editor at KMEX, when the station was honored with the first Edward R.
Murrow Award bestowed to a Spanish-language newscast. He has since
held several management positions at KMEX over the past decade, most
recently as station manager. Previously, he served as news director at
WXTV Univision 41 in New York as well as news director, operations,
promotions and commercial production manager at KUVS Univision 19 in
Sacramento. Prior to Univision, Yanez worked at the NBC Affiliate in
El Paso, Texas; CNN in Atlanta; and KCAL and KCBS in Los Angeles. He
earned an Executive MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management,
and a BA in Journalism from the University of Texas, El Paso.

About Noticias Univision 34

Noticias Univision 34 at 6 pm has been the #1 early newscast in
L.A., regardless of language, for 48 consecutive Nielsen Sweeps.
"Noticias Univision Solo a las Once" has been #1 at 11 pm among Adults
18-34 since February of 2002 and among Adults 18-49 since October of
2005. In recent years, Noticias Univision 34 has been the recipient of
prestigious awards such as the Academy of Television Arts and Science
Emmy for Best Newscast in L.A. In 2004 it was bestowed the Governors
Emmy Award, the highest honor by the Academy. It has also received the
Edward R. Murrow Award as America's Best Newscast. As of April 2008,
TeleFutura 46 broadcasts local news, Monday - Friday from 7 am - 8 am,
extending Univision 34's morning news by one hour, which airs Monday -
Friday 5 am - 7 am.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language
media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision
Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television
network in the U.S. reaching 97% of U.S. Hispanic Households;
TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast
television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 85% of
U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leading
Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns
and operates 63 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and
Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group
which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S.
Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; and Univision Online,
the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located
at http://www.univision.com Univision Communications also has a 50%
interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay
television channels in the U.S. Univision Communications has
television network operations in Miami and television and radio
stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United
States.

For more information, please visit www.univision.net.

KMEX-TV Channel 34
Christina S. Camino, 310-348-3417
csanchez@univision.net

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