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Bert Medina Named Senior Vice President and Operating Manager, Telefutura Network
Vincent Cordero named Vice President and General Manager, Chicago Univision and Telefutura stations
Los Angeles, CA -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE:UVN), the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced that Bert Medina has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Operating Manager of the TeleFutura Network, effective immediately. Mr. Medina will be responsible for overseeing all operations, including programming, promotions, talent relations, technical operations and news for the TeleFutura Network. He will be based in Miami and will report to Ray Rodriguez, President and Chief Operating Officer, Univision Communications Inc. Mr. Medina is replacing Alina Falcón, who has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Operating Manager of the Univision Network. Mr. Medina was formerly the Vice President and General Manager of Univision WGBO-TV and TeleFutura WXFT-TV in Chicago.
“Bert is an exceptional individual with the leadership skills, vision and seasoned business acumen necessary to succeed in his new role at TeleFutura,” said Mr. Rodriguez. “He has consistently demonstrated his passion and enthusiasm for our Company and its commitment to the Hispanic community, and I look forward to the contributions he will make to TeleFutura’s continued growth and competitive positioning as the imminent #2 Spanish-language broadcast network in the country.”
“I am honored to have this exciting opportunity to expand my role within the Company, and I am eager to join the dedicated team at TeleFutura to build on the momentum of this young, exciting network,” said Mr. Medina. “As the U.S. Hispanic community continues to grow, the TeleFutura Network will grow faster. We will continue to serve our community by tirelessly working to provide the highest quality Spanish-language programming choices on broadcast television.”
Univision also announced that Vincent Cordero has been promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Univision WGBO-TV and TeleFutura WXFT-TV in Chicago. His responsibilities will include overseeing all operations of WGBO and WXFT, including local programming, advertising, promotions, technical operations, sales, and news. Mr. Cordero will report to Mike Wortsman and Tom Arnost, Co-Presidents, Univision Television Group.
“Bert has truly done an outstanding job of developing our Univision and TeleFutura stations in Chicago into leading sources of entertainment and information for the growing local Hispanic demographic,” said Mr. Wortsman. “Vincent will do a tremendous job of building on the solid business foundations and talented management team put in place by Bert, while utilizing the fine-tuned skill set he acquired as part of Univision’s Executive Associate Program to take our Chicago stations to even greater levels of success in the future.”
Since 1998, Bert Medina has served as Vice President and General Manager, Univision WGBO-TV and TeleFutura WXFT-TV in Chicago. Under his leadership, WGBO has made monumental changes to better serve Chicago’s Latino television viewers including the expansion to weekend newscasts. “Noticias Univision Chicago” was the first regularly scheduled Spanish language weekend newscast in the Chicago market. In addition, Univision Chicago launched “Primera Plana Chicago,” a weekly public affairs show that received a Silver Dome Award for Best Locally Produced Public Affairs Program from the Illinois Broadcasters Association. Before joining Univision, Mr. Medina was Vice President of Programming and Operations and Corporate Director of Programming for Sunbeam Television Corporation. From 1984-1996 Mr. Medina held a variety of positions at WSVN Television in Miami, including Director of Broadcast Operations, Research Director Marketing, Research & Cable Relations and Research Analyst. While there, he founded the South Florida Research Council. He currently serves on the Boards of the Museum of Science and Industry, Columbia College, and Illinois Broadcasters Association. Mr. Medina holds a Bachelor's degree in Media Management from Florida International University.
Previously Vincent Cordero served as Vice President Business Development and Labor Affairs, Univision Communications Inc. where he was involved in the television station group business plan process, labor affairs and union negotiations, recruitment, and other television station group corporate initiatives. He joined Univision in 1999 as a member of the Executive Associate Program, a management development program initiated by Univision in 1993. Mr. Cordero graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Political Science, and Chicano Studies in 1996. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1999.
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 80% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 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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