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Chas Wilson Promoted to General Sales Manager of
Univision & Telefutura Stations in Houston
Houston, TX -- We are pleased to announce the promotion of Chas Wilson to General Sales Manager of Univision and TeleFutura Houston. Chas has been with Univision for almost 14 years and has served as Local Sales Manager and, more recently, National Sales Manager of the Houston stations. “I’ve known Chas for many years, including competing against him when we both worked for English language stations, and have always respected his professionalism, knowledge, and aggressive salesmanship”, said Craig Bland, VP and General Manager for Univision and TeleFutura Houston. Wilson commented, “I am thrilled at the opportunity to lead the Univision/TeleFutura sales team in Houston. It is an outstanding opportunity because the combination of our programming, promotion and viewer connection is unparalleled.” Prior to joining Univision/TeleFutura Houston, Chas was the National Sales Manager for Houston’s NBC affiliate. He also held positions at NBC and TeleRep in Chicago.
Chas graduated from the University of Illinois and has a MBA from Northwestern University. He and his wife Patti have two daughters.
Univision Communications Inc.
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 99% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 89% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 64 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 70 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group, which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and Mexico-based Disa Records 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 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications has 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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Stacey Miller
Univision Communications Inc.
713-965-2636
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