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Univision Radio Names Jorge A. Plasencia Vice President/Operating Manager, AM Stations/Radiocadena Univision
Miami, FL -- Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN), the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced that Jorge A. Plasencia has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President and Operating Manager, AM Stations/RadioCadena Univision. He will be responsible for the operations - administration, programming and talent relations - of Univision Radio’s AM properties and the RadioCadena Univision Network. Plasencia will also maintain portions of his current responsibilities and assume the role of Vice President, Corporate Relations, Univision Radio, overseeing strategic corporate initiatives and projects, as well as functioning as liaison with other Univision divisions.
“Over the years Jorge has made tremendous contributions to the success of Univision Radio and I am confident that he will do a terrific job in this new role,” stated Gary Stone, President & COO of Univision Radio. “Jorge’s extensive experience in the U.S. Hispanic market together with his established national community relationships are essential assets that I am certain will make our AM properties and RadioCadena Network flourish under his leadership,” added Stone.
“I am very excited about this new opportunity to be able to contribute to the growth and future success of RadioCadena Univision and all of our owned and operated AM stations,” stated Plasencia. “I look forward to contributing to America’s largest and fastest growing Spanish-language AM radio network.”
Before joining Univision Radio’s predecessor (Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) as Vice President, Marketing, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs in 2001, Plasencia spent five years as Vice President of Estefan Enterprises, Inc. Prior to that he was Director of Hispanic Marketing for the Florida Marlins Baseball Club. Plasencia also held various management positions within the Spanish-language radio industry in South Florida where he worked for WAQI(AM), WRTO(FM) and WQBA(AM/FM).
Plasencia graduated with honors from Barry University. In 1991, he co-founded Amigos For Kids, a non-profit organization that assists abused and underprivileged children in Miami. In 2004, Plasencia was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as an advisory board member to the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Cuba Broadcasting. He also serves on the board of directors of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute at Barry University and the Gloria Estefan Foundation.
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 86% 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 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 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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Rosemary Mercedes
Univision Radio
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