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Univision 40 (WUVC) Makes History as First Spanish-Language Station to Receive an Emmy in the MidSouth Region
Raleigh, NC -- The 20th Annual Midsouth Regional Emmy® Awards were presented on Saturday, January 28th, in Nashville Tennessee at the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Nashville Hotel. WUVC Univision 40 was awarded an Emmy for a “Folic Acid” Public Service Announcement produced by Francisco Garcia. This achievement marked WUVC as the first and only Spanish-language recipient in this region.
WUVC worked in conjunction with March of Dimes to create Folic Acid awareness within the local Hispanic community and promote its use among women of childbearing age. According to Anna Bess Brown, Director of Program Services at March of Dimes, “Hispanics are at high risk for neural tube birth defects, and this PSA was a great way to reach many women with this important message. We have heard that women loved the folic acid public service announcement because it sparked emotion. They loved seeing the babies and thinking about the babies’ potential for the future. Univision did a marvelous job with the PSA and we have shared it with other states’ folic acid campaigns. We trust that more women are taking multivitamins as a result of seeing this beautiful PSA on Univision.”
The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to fostering excellence in television. The NATAS has 19 chapters with 15,000 members nationwide. The Nashville/Midsouth Region encompasses the States of North Carolina (except Asheville) and Tennessee, and the television market of Huntsville, Alabama.
The Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market has one of the fastest growing Hispanic populations in the United States. Based on the US Census, the Hispanic population in counties comprising the market grew by 470% from 1990 to 2004.
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, 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 19.8% 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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