César Canales has been named Vice President and General Manager of the Univision Radio stations in Dallas. He will report to José Valle, President of Univision Radio.
César moves to Dallas from Chicago, where he was most recently Operations Director for Univision Radio’s Central Region. In that role, he was also responsible for radio programming and oversaw the Creative Solutions Department serving Univision Radio local, national and network sales.
He previously worked as a Programming Director for KHOT-FM in Phoenix and as Production & Assistant Operations Manager for Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation (HBC) in Houston, the precursor to Univision Radio Houston. He joined HBC as a creative writer in 1997.
What ever happened to Univision 24/7? Was it scrapped now that Univision launched Televisa’s ForoTV and has a partnership with ABC News?
When Univision announced they would launch 24/7 news during their upfronts in 2011, they didn’t specify what they would do. They have now launched ForoTV on DISH – that’s 24/7 news in Spanish, produced by partner Televisa in Mexico. With the ABC news partnership, they’re launching 24/7 news in English. It’s a safe bet to say that’s it.
Univision’s corporate site corporate.univision.com/2011/uncategorized/247-news-channel/ says a news channel named Univision 24/7 is due to launch in the fall, but it’s hard to find news about it. I was asking because after Karl Penhaul left the company and the partnership with ABC News was announced, plus the quiet launch of ForoTV, it seems like it’s been scrapped. I mean: are they hiring people? Are they offering it to advertisers? Did they mention anything in their recent upfronts?