LATIN TIMES MAGAZINE - 3rd QTR 2009 VOLUME 8 No 3 | Page 25

ENTRAVISION LAUNCHES “ NOTI- CIAS UNIVISION FLORIDA CEN- TRAL ” IN TAMPA AND ORLANDO
entral Florida-Local Newscast Airing

CWeekdays at 6 pm and 11 pm on WVEA and WVEN

Entravision Communications Corporation ( NYSE : EVC ) announced today that it launched a new news program with an expanded local focus called “ Noticias Univision Florida Central ” on WVEA-TV in Tampa and WVEN-TV in Orlando on Monday , August 3 . The half-hour program will air Monday through Friday at 6 pm and 11 pm .
“ Noticias Univision Florida Central ” will cover local news and weather from East to West Central Florida , including Orlando and Tampa , as well as national news and issues . The program will include local news from WVEA ’ s popular anchor Jorge Hernandez and WVEN ’ s on air personalities Paul Gamache and Myrna Ortega . Both stations will contribute features and micro local news from their respective communities to “ Noticias Univision Florida Central .”
“ We ’ re very excited about expanding our local news coverage to deliver a more dynamic perspective for our audiences ,” said Jorge Friguls , VP News Operations for Entravision Communications and News Director for WVEN in Orlando and WVEA in Tampa . “ Bringing reports together from our two popular and highly regarded news teams will ensure coast-to-coast coverage of every important event in central Florida .”
The new program will include several regular features including weather , sports , entertainment , health , immigration and reports from Washington D . C .
Verizon Fios Launches Local LATV Affiliate in Tampa Bay Area
n Monday , August 3 Verizon Fios

Olaunched the local LATV affiliate in the Tampa Bay area on channel 465 . Over the air , LATV is available on Channel 62.2 . Headquartered in Los Angeles , LATV is the nation ’ s first bilingual music / entertainment network distributed via digital multicast . A pioneer in bicultural youth broadcasting , LATV has been on the air in the Los Angeles market since 2001 and launched nationally on April 23 , 2007 . Targeting the 12- to 34-year-old Latino , LATV ’ s programming bouquet offers a range of content that includes multi-genre music , lifestyle and entertainment . The network is ad supported and offers an array of programming that is original and exclusive featuring top performers in the Latin music world .

WVEA-TV , owned and operated by Entravision Communications Corporation , was launched on April 1 , 2001 , as a full-power station affiliated with Univision , the leading Spanish-language television network in the nation . WVEA-TV is broadcast over the air on Channel 62.1 and carries LATV on its secondary channel 62.2 , and effectively reaches the 10-county Tampa-St Petersburg designated market area .

Marc Anthony , Jennifer Lopez

Are Ready For Some Football !

Is there anything this dynamic Latino duo can ’ t do ? Apparently , they have entered into the wide world of sports ! Marc Anthony has recently acquired a minority interest in the Miami Dolphins . His stake is believed to be relatively small , but the move is consistent with majority owner Stephen Ross ’ trend of recruiting celebrity partners : Anthony joins Gloria Estefan and Jimmy Buffett as famous minority owners ( Buffett ’ s deal even includes the naming rights to the team ’ s stadium , which is now called Land Shark

Stadium after Buffett ’ s brand of beer ). Anthony and Lopez were both presented with Dolphins jerseys at a press conference announcing the deal .
Joining the ranks of other famous musicians , whom recently became sports team owners , which include Jay-Z who has an ownership interest in the NBA ’ s New Jersey Nets , Usher who has a stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers , Nelly who has a portion of the Charlotte Bobcats , and Jon Bon Jovi who owns the Arena Football League ’ s , Philadelphia Soul .

Presented by the Hispanic Alliance of Tampa Bay , an organization of organizations ( a form of a mini United Nations ) with a network of over 40 organizations that come together to help each other out .

This year the theme is “ Doing More with
Less ”. Monday , October 15 , 2009 , from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM @ Tampa Scottish Masonic Center 5500 Memorial Highway Tampa , FL 33634 .
ADMISSION : The Hispanic Alliance is asking for a donation of $ 5 , students are free .