Media + California Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 19, 2009
After a 3 year trial of producing regionalized news for several top 10 Hispanic market stations via the Telemundo Production Center in Dallas, the network is reverting to producing local news. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Phoenix and San Jose will once again have locally produced news.
November 10, 2009
Que Buena Radio’s 11th Annual ‘Los Premios de la Radio’ – The event will be held at the famed NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, located across the street from the STAPLES Center, on Tuesday, November 10th at 7:15 p.m
November 9, 2009
Pro-Immigrant Demonstrators and Hispanic Media Confront Sheriff Arpaio on Visit to Southern California
October 17, 2009
Northern California radio-talk Host and Columnist Roberto Hernandez to receive NLGJA Award
The Telemundo station in Los Angeles today went through another round of cuts. Inside sources tell me in addition to layoffs, KVEA 52 canceled its 6 to 7 am morning newscast, anchored by José Ronstadt and Azucena Gómez.
October 14, 2009
ZGS Communications, a Hispanic media owned company that owns or operates 12 Telemundo affiliated stations announced it is opening a national sales office in Los Angeles.
September 30, 2009
V-me on KCET & Charter Communications in So Cal
September 29, 2009
Reporter Rita García makes an 85 market jump to Los Angeles. She leaves her full-time job at KRGV-5 in Harlingen, Texas to become a freelancer at the KCBS/KCAL duopoly.
September 28, 2009
MEDIA ALERT: Chagas Disease: Break the Silence—Time to Treat :: Medical, Scientific Experts Gather in Los Angeles to Shed Light on Deadly Latin American Disease Now Increasingly Found in the U.S.
September 17, 2009
Kenny Lopez makes a 67 market jump from KVEO-23 in Brownsville to KTXL-40 in Sacramento as a general assignment reporter.
September 3, 2009
Adrián Garcia’s Web enterprise has found its way to the airwaves. “Deporte en Mente,” which he launched online in March of 2008, can now be heard on 1470 AM Radio Hispana in San Diego.
Evy Ramos has been hired at KGPE-47, the CBS affiliate in Fresno, as the station’s new morning anchor
Los Angeles Hispanic/Latino Emmy winners – 2009
August 27, 2009
Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media) announced that morning drive radio program, “El Show de Don Cheto,” has been added to two radio stations: Grupo Uniradio Corp.’s La Invasora XHTY, 99.7 FM (San Diego) and Latino Communications’ Que Bueno KBNO, 1280 AM (Denver).
Jason Martinez, who started at KTLA-5 in Los Angeles in January as a reporter and then was moved up to the anchor seat for the 6:30 pm and 10 pm news, is now doing weekend duty.
August 21, 2009
Kim Baldonado promoted to weekday anchor – KNBC-4 in Los Angeles
Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media) announced strong ratings results in Nielsen Media Research’s July 2009 Sweeps period for its flagship Estrella TV station (KRCA-Los Angeles)
Alycia Lane gets TV news gig at KNBC in Los Angeles
July 14, 2009
Jaime Jarrin has been calling games in Spanish for 51 years. Renee Montagne went to Dodger Stadium, and talked with Jarrin, who has become a major figure in Hispanic broadcasting.
June 26, 2009
Grassroots Groups Tell FCC: Stop Hate Radio! – San Francisco
June 18, 2009
Remembering El Espectador – The muckracking, Spanish-language newspaper founded in the ’30s still shows the way for today’s burgeoning ethnic media
Advocating for Immigrants: Filmmakers Tell the Story of the Hispanic Press in America – Juan Gonzáles y Félix F. Gutiérrez
June 9, 2009
Voice That Sounds Like Home Welcomes Mexico’s Outsiders – “La Hora Mixteca” (The Mixtec Hour), Mr. López’s show, which is aimed primarily at Mixtec (pronounced MEESE-teck) Indians but draws listeners from other groups in the United States and, via satellite link, in Oaxaca, too. – Fresno
June 4, 2009
AMERICAN LATINO SYNDICATION ANNOUNCES KEY PROMOTIONS – Nationally Syndicated Weekly TV Shows Expand Bi-Coastal Production Plans
June 2, 2009
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa dating another newscaster former San Antonio broadcaster Lu Parker now with KTLA Channel 5
May 29, 2009
Robert Hernandez is leaving his job as Director of Development for the seattletimes.com to become a USC professor.
May 14, 2009
Luca Bentivoglio has been promoted to chief operating officer of LATV, replacing Howard Bolter, who this month left the company to “pursue new opportunities,” according to a company spokesperson.
ZGS Communications announced today that Manuel Cervantes has been named General Manager of KNSO Telemundo Fresno.
April 2, 2009
Entravision’s Los Angeles Radio Stations Post Significant Audience Growth
March 19, 2009
Telemundo’s station KVEA-52 in L.A. is undergoing some layoffs – producers and on-air talen
March 17, 2009
Hispanic Media in Central California Fight to Survive
December 23, 2008
Juan Gonzales, who was born and raised in east Stockton, is spearheading a project documenting 200 years of Latino journalism in the United States. Titled “Voices for Justice: The Enduring Legacy of the Latino Press in the U.S.,” the project follows how Latino newspapers and the issues they cover have changed since the inception of the nation’s first Latino newspaper, El Misisipi, founded in 1808 in New Orleans.
December 12, 2008
KLAX La Raza 97.9 FM to Debut Popular Morning Show ‘El Chulo de la Manana’ in Los Angeles
December 9, 2008
LATV Launches in Sacramento, Adding Fourth Tribune Station to Its Affiliate Roster
Entravision Communications Corporation to Present at the 9th Annual Wedbush Morgan Securities California Dreamin’ Management Access Conference
December 2, 2008
Univision’s Spanish-language KMEX Conducting Analog Shut-Off Tests
November 28, 2008
Francisco Varta-Orta, who was laid-off from the L.A. Times last month has found refuge at the Los Angeles Business Journal
November 25, 2008
KMEX Univision 34 Ends November Sweeps as the #1 Television Station in Los Angeles among Adults 18-49
November 21, 2008
Why Jorge Mettey Sued Univision
November 19, 2008
Jorge Mettey, former news director and vice president of news at Univision KMEX-TV 34 in Los Angeles, filed a lawsuit Monday against his former employer, claiming he was wrongfully terminated after allegedly being pressured to cover news sponsored by advertisers.
November 3, 2008
Another Open Letter to the L.A. Times – Insulting the spirit of Ruben Salazar, Frank Del Olmo, and the Latino community by letting Augustin Gurza go
October 7, 2008
Ernie Mourelo has left Los Angeles’ Telemundo affiliate KVEA-52
September 30, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News promotes Mariel Garza, hires Oscar Garza & Julio Morales
September 22, 2008
Free Spanish Language Package Available to New Verizon FiOS TV Customers in California
September 17, 2008
CLEAR CHANNEL REVISITED AFTER A YEAR OF REFUSING TO MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY- UNREPENTANT MICHAEL SAVAGE CONTINUES TO SPEW HATE! 2nd ANNUAL PROTEST – ANTI-HATE SPEECH & DISINFORMATION DEMONSTRATION! – San Francisco
September 16, 2008
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS) announced that KLAX La Raza 97.9 FM in Los Angeles will begin airing the hit Chicago morning radio show “El Chulo de la Mañana” tomorrow, Tuesday, September 16th
September 11, 2008
Tatiana Bedoya celebrated her 33rd birthday last week by officially launching Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for greater Sacramento’s Latino community.
September 5, 2008
Jaime Garza, who was laid off from KCAL/KCBS five months ago, is the new 10 pm anchor at KTXL, Fox-40 in Sacramento.
Tatiana Bedoya, a former Univision reporter, this week launched Vixta, a new Spanish-language magazine for the Latino community in Sacramento.
August 28, 2008
Sports reporter Jaime Cárdenas, recently laid off from the L.A. Times, has landed a job at the L.A. Galaxy as communications coordinator.
August 26, 2008
Ray Chavez, an Oakland Tribune photographer and this year’s recipient of the NAHJ’s Photographer of the Year award, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Oakland on Friday.
Armando Acuña, public editor of the Sacramento Bee since 2005, becomes associate features editor, after the paper’s management eliminates the position.
Andrés Martinez, who became L. A. Times editorial page editor in 2004 and resigned in 2007, is now suing his ex-girlfriend alleging she cost him his job at the newspaper and tarnished his professional reputation.
August 12, 2008
Starting tonight, Alejandro Mendoza will co-anchor the 6 and 11 pm newscasts at KDTV-14, the Univision station in San Francisco
Oakland Tribune photographer Ray Chavez named photojournalist of the year by National Association of Hispanic Journalists
August 11, 2008
GolTV to Launch on Time Warner Cable in New York City and Los Angeles
August 6, 2008
Sorpresa! Launches on Comcast Santa Maria, California
August 5, 2008
The new “Fox 5 Morning News” debuts today. Raoul Martinez will co-anchor the show, which airs from 5 to 9 a.m. weekdays on KSWB/Channel 69 (Cable 5). – San Diego
July 28, 2008
KPFK makes room for pochos and much more – The radio station prides itself on ethnically oriented programming. – Los Angeles
July 23, 2008
Spanish-language pop-music station KLVE-FM (107.5) jumped back to the No. 1 spot in the Southland radio ratings, ending the brief reign of English-language Top 40 outlet KIIS-FM (102.7), according to the spring Arbitron figures released Tuesday. – Los Angeles
July 19, 2008
Univision 34 Launches Mobile News Alerts on Univision Movil – Los Angeles
July 17, 2008
Media Moves: Veronica García, Jesús Sánchez & Jaime Cárdenas among Los Angeles Times Latino layoffs
TV producer, director Claudio Guzman dies
July 10, 2008
Media Moves: Cecilia Vega, the S.F Chronicle’s city hall reporter leaves the paper to become an on-air reporter for KGO-7, the Bay Area’s ABC station.
June 24, 2008
Snippet: Adrián García-Marquez, a former sports anchor at Telemundo-52 in Los Angeles will be joining the San Diego Chargers broadcast team.
Jaime Jarrin links Dodgers to Spanish-speaking audience – Jarrin has gone from early slights to a 50-year broadcasting career that includes not only baseball but also covering the pope, White House visits and the slaying of Ruben Salazar.
Dodgers to honor broadcaster Jaime Jarrín’s 50th season – Spanish Voice of the Dodgers
June 18, 2008
Radio station KVYB changes its format, drops Rico, Mambo – Ventura County, California
June 17, 2008
Tu Ciudad magazine closure
June 16, 2008
Riviera Magazine Pushes Online Edition, Sells Statewide Ads – Orange County
June 12, 2008
Media Moves: Fred Ortega leaves paper for political P.R. – of the Pasadena Star-News
June 10, 2008
Media Moves: KVEA’s morning show changes – Los Angeles
May 29, 2008
Time Warner Rolls Out Three Hispanic Networks – Alterna TV Trio Launch In Operator’s Palm Desert Area
May 27, 2008
Media Moves: Lucía Navarro taken off anchor chair at KVEA (Telemundo-52 in LA)
May 21, 2008
Roberto Yanez Named Vice President of News for Los Angeles #1 News Station, KMEX Univision 34
May 19, 2008
Univision’s KMEX Ranks as the #1 Television Station in the Entire Country among Adults 18-49 in April
May 13, 2008
Time Warner adds more Spanish language channels – Palm Springs, California
La Bronca is Coming to Los Angeles – on SBS’s KLAX 97.9 FM La Raza
May 7, 2008
KRZZ 93.3 FM La Raza Enjoys Successful Programming Launches – San Francisco
Think Progress » Media Overlook Limbaugh’s Ethnically-Charged Insult Against LA Mayor
May 1, 2008
Telemundo, Nielsen to Open Pulse Research Center – at Universal City Walk in Los Angeles
April 30, 2008
Spanish-language newscaster gets honor from the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco – Jorge Ramos
April 21, 2008
First-class honor for brave Latino journalist – Ruben Salazar
April 16, 2008
Time Warner Cable To Launch Hispanic-Targeted Digital TV, Phone Service In Los Angeles
March 24, 2008
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) Drops ‘San Jose Mercury News’ From Diversity Program
March 17, 2008
Kxol Latino 96.3 FM to Campaign Against Gang Violence in Los Angeles
March 13, 2008
Sorpresa! to Launch on Comcast in Fresno Area on March 31St
DIRECTV Adds KMSG-39 Azteca America to the Fresno Local Broadcast Channel Lineup
March 9, 2008
Star closes Spanish publication Mi Estrella – Ventura County, California
March 5, 2008
San Diego Latino Film Festival Kickoff Attracts Media
LATV Adds Fifth Post-Newsweek Station Hitting 30th Affiliate Mark
Roaldo Moran Joins Hoy L.A. as Publisher and General Manager
February 25, 2008
Mayor’s former girlfriend returns to L.A. media as radio co-host
February 12, 2008
Earthquakes Partner with KLOK 1170 AM to Broadcast all Matches in Spanish
February 6, 2008
LATV Partners With KTVU-TV, Landing 6th Largest DMA; Affiliate Total Jumps to 27
February 4, 2008
Candidates vie for bite of ‘Big Enchilada’ – (don’t you think the BBC could come up with a better term for California than ‘Big Enchilada’ or am I being picky?)
February 2, 2008
La Opinión endorses Barack Obama
January 23, 2008
Val Zavala, veteran journalists to join Public Affairs panel on “Real News”
January 22, 2008
‘La Opinion’ Doubles Single-Copy Price To 50 Cents – (first increase in 28 years!)
January 21, 2008
Azteca inks five-year pact for L.A. market
January 11, 2008
Giants to broadcast record number of games in Spanish – San Francisco
December 9, 2007
Does the Chicken Know His Way to San Jose? – Popular DJ ‘El Pollo’ from KRZZ 93.3 La Raza in San Francisco begins a long journey to please his audience
Don Cheto is the talk of the town – The cranky old on-air character at Spanish-language station KBUE-FM is actually played by a 27-year-old immigrant who’s got his competition in a sweat. -Los Angeles
December 6, 2007
KUVS-19 hires news director – Isabel Gonzalez – Sacramento
December 4, 2007
Latino health workshop for journalists – Saturday, Dec. 8, at UCLA.
December 3, 2007
Spanish-language KDTV celebrates top rating for 6 p.m. newscast – San Francisco
November 28, 2007
Linda Alvarez Became 1st Latina To Anchor English-Language L.A. Weekday Newscast – signing off
November 25, 2007
Santa Ana book seller gets national spotlight – Ruebén Martinez, owner of Librería Martinez Books
November 13, 2007
Spanish-Language DJ Climbs to Number Two Spot with Make-Believe Persona – Don Cheto in Los Angeles
November 11, 2007
GENTE BIEN SAN DIEGO MAGAZINE LAUNCHES
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November 4, 2007
Pepe Mantilla is Lakers’ Spanish voice of authority – He’s called games for 15 seasons and says the team’s popularity continues to grow in Spanish-speaking community.
October 29, 2007
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Hispanics & Television in Transition – Nov. 1
October 26, 2007
Univision Partners with American Red Cross to Assist in Disaster Relief for California Wild Fires
October 25, 2007
Ethnic Media Cover the Fires – California
October 24, 2007
News… Emergency En Español
October 22, 2007
First Spanish-language bridal magazine makes its debut in California on January 2008 for monolingual and bilingual Latinos
October 21, 2007
Rick Rodriguez leaves a legacy of watchdog reporting – Sacramento
October 20, 2007
Raul Campos is a unique voice in L.A. radio – The host of ‘Nocturna’ on KCRW is the rare Latino DJ on an English-language station.
October 18, 2007
Sacramento Bee editor resigns in dispute over paper’s direction – Rick Rodriguez
New Spanish-language channel launches in L.A. area – V-me
October 3, 2007
Univision Announces Appointment of Maelia Macin General Manager of Los Angeles TV Stations
October 2, 2007
Spanish-language newscaster involved with LA mayor leaves Telemundo
Ex-Federal Prosecutor Manny Medrano to Join KTLA
September 30, 2007
Hispanic Baptists telecast the Good News – “Llego la Hora” (The Time Has Arrived) – California’s Hispanic Southern Baptists via Telemundo.
September 25, 2007
Telemundo reassigns Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s girlfriend, Mirthala Salinas, to Riverside
September 19, 2007
Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine will honor influential figures – Riverside, California
September 12, 2007
Telemundo 52 1st Spanish-language station to deliver HD content – Los Angeles
August 22, 2007
Los Angeles Angels, KWKW ESPN Deportes Reach Spanish Radio Broadcast Agreement
August 16, 2007
Despite Latino protest, silencing Savage seems unlikely
August 10, 2007
KLAX- FM 97.9 La Raza will Host Second Annual “VIVA LA RAZA’ Mega Concert – Los Angeles
July 26, 2007
Arbitron ratings tuned to Spanish stations – Los Angeles
July 23, 2007
La Opinión Bends it with Beckham
July 15, 2007
Fernando Flores, 66; his fashion illustrations wore a Latin look
June 25, 2007
Lauren Sanchez Joins Steve, Dorothy This Week on Good Day LA
June 19, 2007
Cal Poly journalism chair to be inducted into Hispanic Journalists Hall of Fame – George Ramos
June 17, 2007
LAPD chief, journalists discuss immigration rally clash; reporter says officer beat her
June 14, 2007
Schwarzenegger: Avoid Spanish-language media to learn English
California Gov Champions Immigration Reform before Hispanic Journalists
May 31, 2007
Bay Area Hispanic-Net Brings Latino Media and Entertainment Industry Thought Leaders Together for the First Time
May 21, 2007
El Clasificado celebrates Nineteenth Anniversary with big win at Awards Ceremonies
May 10, 2007
Argelia Atilano – Think pink in the morning
May 8, 2007
Clemenseando: LA’s Spanish-language Media
April 26, 2007
Pulitzer-winning writer to talk about Hispanics – Hector Tobar, a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, will discuss Hispanic identity and immigration issues – San Luis Obispo
April 25, 2007
Shake It Up With Tu Ciudad Magazines Dance Issue
April 24, 2007
Dodgers games en Español – Valley radio station offers fans a new way to listen to the ball game – KFUT 1270-AM
April 19, 2007
LA school sues radio talk show host alleging racism, slander
Once outed, man hosts gay Spanish-language radio show – San Francisco
Vida en el Valle nations best Latino paper – Fresno
April 18, 2007
Berkeley writer Chiori Santiago dead at 54
April 13, 2007
Mota knows no limits as an announcer. Jose Mota is bidding for one of the most prestigious titles in all of Southern California sportscasting.
April 4, 2007
Azteca America Analyzes Station Options in Houston and San Francisco
March 30, 2007
After several years doing analysis on the Angels’ Spanish-language radio station, Jose Mota will now call games in English.
March 27, 2007
Pappas Telecasting weighs sale of Los Angeles Spanish station
March 26, 2007
Chicano news media group to hold scholarship dinner – California
March 21, 2007
Backers of a Spanish-language Christian radio station in San Bernardino plan TV stations – California
Galaxy Deportivo Enters Fourth Year on Local Spanish TV Station – Los Angeles
March 7, 2007
La Cucaracha comic returning – Los Angeles Times
February 27, 2007
LATINO RADIO PIONEER LUZ CADENA DIES
February 15, 2007
Another huge Univision loss – California
February 13, 2007
Los Angeles Times Names New General Manager and Editor of Hoy-LA and Vice President for Audience Development – Javier J. Aldape
February 5, 2007
Tu Ciudad Magazine Goes Monthly; February Issue Profiles The New Angelenos: They’re Half-Latino and Changing the Face of L.A.
January 24, 2007
New station to focus on futbol – Palm Springs, California
January 18, 2007
La Invasora Claims Top Radio Ratings – San Diego
January 14, 2007
Chicano media group offers scholarships – California
January 3, 2007
Police to get DJs side of local incident – El Cucuy
December 21, 2006
Shades of Brown – The L.A. Times’ Latino problem
