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Univision Radio and Television Inaugurates New Home!
Univision Houston is now one of the largest broadcast facilities in Texas
Houston, TX -- One of the largest broadcast facilities in the state of Texas, Houston’s Univision Radio and Television will officially inaugurate its new home on Thursday, October 19th, at its new location on 5100 Southwest Freeway. The inauguration will count with the presence of clients, community leaders, and Univision Corporate executives, who will have the opportunity to tour the facility and view the state-of-the-art broadcast studios. Houston Council member Adrian Garcia will do the honor of leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony, on behalf of the Mayor of the City of Houston Bill White.
“We are ecstatic about officially welcoming the community into our new home and letting them see first hand how our joint efforts have strengthened our commitment to better serve and respond to their interests and needs,” said Craig H. Bland, KXLN and KFTH Vice President/General Manager. Likewise, Mark Masepohl, Senior Vice President/Regional General Manager of Univision Radio, added, “we are very proud that through this broadcast center our two television and six radio stations, and local online presence have become a single force, and together, we are making a difference in our community.”
The new 100,000 square foot Univision building consists of: Univision KXLN Channel 45, owned and operated Univision Television Group station since October 1994; TeleFutura KFTH Channel 67, launched by Univision Communications Inc. in January 2002 in Houston and nationwide; Estereo Latino KLTN 102.9 FM, Recuerdo KOVE 106.5 FM, Que Buena KQBU 93.3 FM, Party KPTY 104.9 FM, Puro Tejano KRTX 980 AM, and La Tremenda KLAT 1010 AM, which became Univision Radio on September 2003 after the merger of Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation gave fruition; and Univision Online, launched in Houston in 2004. The new state-of-the-art digital facility features the latest in both television and radio technologies.
Since May 2006, Univision Broadcast Center has been located at 5100 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas 77056. The main numbers have remained the same, 713-662-4545 for television and 713-407-1415 for radio. The Univision Houston website can be found at www.univision.com, keyword: Houston.
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 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 87% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at 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., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with 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.
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