Katiria Soto will be moving to New York to join Noticias Univision 41 as a morning anchor/reporter. She starts the new job Monday, November 17, 2014.
She’ll be co-anchoring “Noticias Univision 41 Al Despertar” alongside Merijoel Durán.
Katiria replaces Enrique Teuteló, who left the station for a primetime anchor position at Telemundo 39 in Dallas.
Katiria, who is also an attorney, resigned to her position as co-host for WAPA TV/WAPA América’s program “Wapa a las Cuatro” in Puerto Rico, after 3 years with the station.
She also previously worked as a freelance news reporter for Telemundo’s “Telenoticias.”
“Al Despertar” airs weekdays, 5 to 7 am. on WXTV Univision 41, and from 7 to 8 am on WFUT/WFTY UniMás 67/68.
Awaiting for Canal 41 to explain, hopefully with class, the why about the recent talents departure from the morning show. ( two in just weeks… more in the works ? )
Canal 47, what are you waiting for ? What else do you need ?
Well Staten islanders I will give you the real explanation about the two and possible more talents departure from “Al Despertar” and other Univision’s newscasts.
Like everybody knows Enrique Teutelo left after Norma Morato and the Managers offered him Rafael‘s chairs and then they brought Jorge Viera ,when Enrique saw that after Norma departure nothing is going to get better (will get worse).He left.
Shirley Ponce is other story……the News Director, Esteban Creste, felt Ponce does not fit his standard of beauty to be on air in Univision 41 and he brought Claudia Ospina, a Colombian that does not have any experience in Weather or Traffic plus does not know how to pronounce JFK airport. Ospina is a model that sometime did a street segment in RCN.
To fill Enrique Teutelo’s position, the News Director Esteban Creste decided to bring Katiria Soto a model, ex Miss PR with Public Relation degree and lawyer that never did News. Like Ospina their resume said they have years of experience but in entertainment, movies (Daddy Yankees movie), beauty contest, and soap opera and sometime like “Primer Impacto” (Wapa a las 4) the true is Katiria Soto is not a journalist and does not have one third of the experience of Merijoel Duran or Salvador Cruz.
Staten Islanders is simple, I will tell you the trend in Univision real 41 after Esteban Creste arrived there, to see if you can apply.
*Somebody from outside USA (INCLUDED PR)
*Clothes sizes 2 to 4, ex model, ex beauty pageant candidate, don t have an experience; don’t know NJ/NY/CT
*Long and dark hair
*The most important you need to pass the Boys Club casting (GUESS WHO ARE THE MEMBERS)
Coming soon ….More models and more veterans Univision 41 talents leaving
plus in Norma ‘s era and post Norma’s era #1 in the ratings now lucky if they are #2#3.
In “Al Despertar” #7 or #8 and after Nuestra Belleza Latina newscast, a mean the new “Al Despertar” we will see.
Stay Tune
Elegant and crystal clear.
Thank you for your pro input.
Now I see…
Magdalena you did called them “Boys Club” I will call them “Victoria’ secret” because the secret of Victoria is that this company (Victoria secret) is a bunch of men behind this women concept.
The Victoria ‘secret team in Univision 41 is getting the first problem with Katiria Soto acquisition, one of the Univision 41 main anchor is in shock when she saw where Univision 41 is going .
First hired Claudia Ospina without any experience in weather and traffic and then Katiria Soto that also did not have any experience in hard news (she never work Wapa Newscast)
The Univision anchor knows Ospina and it is aware that she really does not have any experience because they worked together in RCN. But why the anchor got so upset with Katiria arriving to Univision 41 because Victoria’ secret team promised the anchor they will get riff off Jorge Viera but the anchor never thought will be with somebody worse with no experience.
The anchor finally listened the Telemundo proposition, with more money and far from Jorge Viera and Victoria ‘secrets models. You will think the anchor will go but in instead the anchor when back to the Victoria Secret CEO and Vice-President/ Boys Team/Univision 41 Management telling them what Telemundo proposed.
Maybe “Victoria’ Secret” will offer the anchor the same that Norma Morato was offering, a solo anchor and Jorge Viera will be gone.
Be careful anchor because Telemundo yesterday and before yesterday was #2 in 18-49 and Univision #4, Telemundo is winning without you and if I will be them I won’t change anything and if they will hire somebody the best shot will be Jose Roig or Nilda Rosario that are saving the
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Why do you keep mentioning a possible departure by or in Viera’s case ?
Was Channel 47 thinking, -or still is-, in getting rid of Gloria Echeverry already ?
Here at Teaneck, we don’t really see the so called Victoria Secret Team getting rid of Viera. Why not ?
Because they knew the luggage he brought with him, from both Telemundo and Univision years, regarding his usual disrespect for his female colleagues.
Because the whole Teaneck crew knows how filthy he has behaved with her current coanchor and yet, nothing happened, HumanResources never did a damn thing about it. And we know who ( in plural ), covered for him.
Given that, is either Adriana Vargas moving from Teaneck to Fort Lee asap or revamping her career down on her native Bogota.
That woman deserves better.
Well 6thfloor you are right she deserves better and HR is playing blind but she has the option to leave . I will like to know about the other ones that deserves better too like Shirley Ponce.
She did not have any option, after 8 years in Univision one morning she got to work and after her shift Victoria secret team told her ..thank you very much we don’t need you anymore “Al Despertar” is going in other direction. The real reason is that Victoria Secrets models are arriving.
It was disgusting to watch how 2 hours later Claudia Ospina showed up in the Victoria Secret vice president office too close and personal. Not only Shirley Ponce did not get any compensation because all this time Univision Management lied to her. Shirley was under the impression that she was a part-time because that is what Norma Morato told her that she was a part time and gave Ponce vacation and sick days. After all Ponce found in hard way she cannot get any compensation ( 2 weeks for every year and she was 8 years) because they lied to her. I am sure they are not doing anything illegal because Shirley Ponce should know better to don t take Norma’s promise but you will never expect that from a company like Univision. Where is HR?
Now that Katiria Soto is coming , more Victoria Secrets models arriving, we will see who else will be sacrifice and HR will play blind.
More people without experience are getting to Univision and hurting the ratings. Today again really bad.
6th floor Adriana is just one of the victims of Victoria Secrets team and she has to option to leave.
You are absolutely right.
God knows why Adriana did not, maybe due her family, income, being far from home.
Maybe as many others in this industry, she has promptly learned how to play it out this confusing game in the Latino Media reality.
But also, over and over, the name of the former ND, la senora Morato, shows up again and again.
Her legacy persists in here, we all can feel it.
A very wicked one if I might.
Maybe this current “VicSecTeam” period could result in theworse, but that one, oh lord, she did let a very rotten smell after her door was shut out.
…and the war begins.
Shirley Ponce was great. The new person is boring and not attractive. Merijo has a lot of work to do. Two female anchors are boring. Male and female combo work better . Good luck Univision and I am sticking with Telemundo 47 in the morning!
There were some male and female reporters at Univision that seemed to be a good fit in the morning. Going all the way to Puerto Rico to get an inexperience person in a Tri State market does not sound like a good business decision. I guess it pays to be pretty!