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Cantu’s Telemundo newscasts begin October 1
KEYE finally announced what we’ve suspected for some time … Fred Cantu, local news stalwart and recent co-anchor of KEYE’s morning newscast, will anchor the new Spanish language newscasts on Telemundo 42.2.
New details on the 30-minute program, called “Conteo Noticias,” include the announcement of Karla Leal as co-anchor and the air time of the newscasts, 5:00 and 10 p.m. weekdays. Erika Gonzalez will serve as a reporter during the live newscasts.
Read KEYE’s full announcement after the jump.
KEYE-TV TO LAUNCH “CONTEO NOTICIAS” ANCHORED BY FRED CANTU ON OCTOBER 1 ON TELEMUNDO 42.2 IN AUSTIN
Austin, Texas (September 23, 2009) - KEYE-TV, the CBS affiliate serving the Austin market, announced today that Fred Cantu and Karla Leal will serve as anchor and co-anchor, respectively of Conteo Noticias, the 30 minute local newscast which will air weekdays in Spanish at 5:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Telemundo 42.2 beginning on October 1, 2009. In addition, Erika Gonzalez will join Mr. Cantu and Ms. Leal, serving as reporter during the live newscasts. Earlier this month, KEYE-TV entered into an affiliation agreement with the Telemundo Network whereby KEYE-TV will launch Austin’s first broadcasts of Telemundo programming on 42.2 on October 1.
Fred Cantu, known as “Uncle Fred” and the resident “Gadget Guy,” has been an anchor in Austin for almost 20 years, beginning his career at KTBC-TV in 1990. He has anchored at KEYE since 2002 and has a large local following from radio to television among the Hispanic community. Karla Leal comes from Bakersfield, CA where she was recently the lead anchor and reporter on KKEY-TV, Telemundo 11. She received Emmy nominations for the “El Arte de la Charreria” reporting series in 2008 and the “El Sueno Mexicano” series in 2007 and began her career with CAN-TV-TV in Chicago, IL in 2004. Erika Gonzalez joins Conteo Noticias from the Rio Grande Valley where she was an anchor on XRIO-TV, Fox 2 News and reported on Univision 48. She began her career at XRIO-TV in McAllen, TX in 2007.
Amy Villarreal, President and General Manager of KEYE, commented, “We are very excited that our new partnership with Telemundo allows us to serve Central Texas’ growing Hispanic viewer base. We are equally honored to have such reputable on-air talent as Fred, Karla and Erika onboard as the core of the Conteo Noticias Telemundo 42.2 news team. We are confident that their commitment and strong ties to the Hispanic community will be invaluable assets to KEYE and we look forward to having Conteo Noticias serve as the community’s source for local news, weather, sports and traffic.”
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By Brittney
October 9, 2009 4:35 PM | Link to this
Hey Gabriela, I'm also a student at UT and telemundo is now on channel 98.
By Gabriela
October 5, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this
HI! I am a current student at The University of Texas at Austin and a fan of Telemundo. Since October 1st I haven't been able to watch Telemundo (channel 70 in dorms) since there are ads that come up instead of the network. I would like to know what is the cause and if there is still a Telemundo channel in Austin. Thank you!