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Galavisión Cable Network to Broadcast Over 5 Hours of Live Election Night Coverage
Miami, FL -- Galavisión, the #1 Spanish-Language cable network of Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN), the leading Spanish-language media company in the U.S., announced today that it will broadcast more than 5 hours of primetime and late night live coverage of the Presidential Election on Tuesday, November 2.
Renowned Televisa news anchors Joaquín López Doriga and Leonardo Kourchenko will be reporting live from Washington D.C. from 7-11:30pm (4-8:30pm PT) on Galavisión's "Elecciones Presidenciales 2004" (2004 Presidential Election). López Doriga and Kourchenko will offer thorough analyses and report on the developing electoral count and official voter results. In addition, a team of experienced correspondents will contribute their views and insight from cities throughout the country including: New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, San Diego, McAllen-Brownsville and El Paso.
The political discussions will resume as López Doriga and Kourchenko return live from Washington D.C. to host "Mesa de Debate desde Washington" (Debate Roundtable from Washington) at 12:20-1:30am ET (9:20-10:pm PT). Accompanied by political analysts, including distinguished journalist Jesús Reyes Heroles, López Doriga and Kourchenko will examine how the outcome of the election will affect U.S. relations with Mexico and Latin America with emphasis on issues such as immigration, free trade and the Venezuelan government.
On November 3, Galavisión will broadcast a second "Mesa de Debate desde Washington" with host and news anchor Carlos Loret de Mola, from 12:20-1:30am ET (11:20pm-12:30am Central). De Mola will conduct a follow-up analysis and take an in-depth look into how U.S. politics will change once the President-elect is inaugurated into office.
Hispanics turn to Galavisión for up to the minute coverage of news and world events. Earlier this month, Galavisión aired Univision News coverage of all three 2004 Presidential Debates live which posted double and triple digit increases versus the prior four week time period among all key demos. Specifically, two of the Presidential Debates delivered the highest audiences ever among news specials on Galavisión.
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 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels 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 27% 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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