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Univision Programs to Museum of TV & Radio in Launch of Spanish-Language Initiative
New York, NY -- In a move of historic cultural significance, Univision Communications, America's premiere Spanish-language media company, will donate to The Museum of Television & Radio, for more than two decades the nation's most significant cultural institution devoted to the history of radio and TV, hundreds of hours of US Spanish-language TV broadcasts. The Univision donation will be the first major acquisition by the Museum in its initiative to acquire, preserve, celebrate and make available to the public Spanish-language and Hispanic television and radio programming.
Officials of both Univision and The Museum of Television & Radio are to announce the new Spanish-language initiative and Univision's donation tomorrow at a press conference at the Museum's New York headquarters. There nominees for "Premio Lo Nuestro," at 15 years America's longest-running Spanish-language music awards, will also be announced. Cristina Saralegui, Museum trustee and host of Univision's "El Show de Cristina," will emcee the event. The formal presentation of Univision's initial programming gift to the Museum and the launch of the Museum's Center for Spanish-Language Programs is to be made at a star-studded gala at the Delano Hotel in Miami Beach on February 4, 2003.
The first major collection of programming Univision will donate to the Museum will include all 15 broadcasts of "Premio Lo Nuestro," additional hours of music programming by "Premio" award-winners, and additional hours of Univision programming in a variety of genres representing the broad spectrum of Spanish-language TV in the United States. Univision is committed to donate to the Museum additional programming each year for the following two years (2004 and 2005). In addition to music awards show "Premio Lo Nuestro, Univision programming genres to be showcased at the Museum include variety, such as "Sabado Gigante" (Gigantic Saturday), the world's longest-running and most watched TV variety show, telenovelas (limited-run dramatic series, US Spanish-language television's most popular format), and news broadcasts from both the Univision network and its local stations, including New York's WXTV Channel 41.
Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN) 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, the new 24-hour general interest Spanish-language broadcast television network reaching 73% of U.S. Hispanic households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 30 television stations; Galavisión, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Music Group, which includes the Univision Music label, Fonovisa Records label, Rudy Perez Enterprises label and a 50% interest in Mexican based Disa Records label as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the permier Internet company in the U.S. Hispanic market located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with network operations in Miami and television stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.
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