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Univision 41 News Ratings to Number One in Gotham on Looming Transit Strike, Winter Storm Forecast
New York, NY -- The 6 pm local news and 6:30 pm network news on New York’s premier Spanish-language TV station, Univision 41 (WXTV) surged to number one in New York’s overnight Nielsen ratings last night on fears of a transit strike and a forecast for a winter storm. Last night, Wednesday, December 14, the 6 pm “Noticias Univision 41” (Univision 41 News) with anchors Rafael Pineda and Denisse Oller was New York’s top rated 6 pm newscast among adults aged 18 to 34 and 18 to 49 in a half-hour where its competition includes newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and Telemundo. It’s lead-out, the 6:30 pm “Noticiero Univision” (Univision News) with anchors Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas was top rated in New York among all three adult audience groups, those aged 12 to 34, 18 to 49, and 25 to 54.
From 6 pm to 6:30 pm 59,000 viewers aged 18 to 34 and 190,000 viewers aged 18 to 49 watched “Noticias Univision 41” on WXTV. WNBC took second place among the younger group with 49,000 viewers. WABC took second place among those aged 18 to 49 with 128,000 viewers according to Nielsen Station Index (NSI) Local People Meter (LPM) overnight ratings.
From 6:30 pm to 7 pm “Noticias Univision 41” number one in all three audience categories with 87,000 viewers aged 18 to 34, 218,000 viewers aged 18 to 49, and 214,000 viewers aged 25 to 54. NBC again was second in the youngest category at 58,000. NBC was also second among those aged 18 to 49 with 138,000 viewers, while NBC and ABC tied for second among those aged 25 to 54 with 174,000 viewers each.
High usage of public transit by New York Hispanics may have contributed to the ratings spike for Univision in New York.
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 86% 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 67 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, 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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