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Juan Luis Guerra To Perform And Receive "Premio A La Excelencia"
Special Award On Univision’s "Premio Lo Nuestro"
19th Edition of Television’s Most Popular Latin Music Award Show to Air Live Thursday, February 22, 2007
Miami, FL -- It was announced today that Juan Luis Guerra will join the all-star lineup of Latin music superstars who will perform on the 19th edition of “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards) and receive the coveted “Premio a la Excelencia” special award for excellence. The longest-running and most popular Latin music awards show on television will be broadcast live from Miami’s American Airlines Arena on this country’s leading Spanish-language television network on Thursday, February 22, beginning at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central).
A previous winner of seven “Premio Lo Nuestro” awards, Guerra will be honored for his career-long commitment to excellence. For more than 20 years, the Dominican-born singer/songwriter has been responsible for the expanded popularity of his beloved traditional Tropical music by incorporating contemporary influences into it and writing what many consider to be some of the most poetic lyrics in all of Latin music.
“Premio Lo Nuestro,” the highest-rated annual special among Hispanics in the United States, bestows awards annually to the winners from the 5 most popular Latin music genres - Pop, Tropical, Regional Mexican, Rock and Urban - and Video of the Year. Nominees were selected from charts compiled by the prominent recording industry trade magazine Radio & Records®. The 2006 telecast reached nearly 11 million Hispanic viewers. Year to year, it consistently beats the combined average Hispanic audiences of the Academy Awards, Latin Billboard Music Awards, Emmy Awards, MTV’s Video Music Awards and the Golden Globes among all major demographics.
Univision.com and Univision Móvil are already giving millions of fans a chance to interact with “Premio Lo Nuestro.” Univision.com’s (Keyword: Premio Lo Nuestro) dedicated mini-site features exclusive coverage of artist interviews, chats, bios, as well as music and videos of this year’s nominees. For those fans on-the-go, Univision Móvil offers SMS alerts, breaking news, ringtones and wallpapers of nominees and performers.
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 87% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 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 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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