Entravision Communications Corporation Launches Two New TeleFutura Affiliates
Entravision Communications Corporation Launches Two New TeleFutura Affiliates
Stations will be the first to carry the TeleFutura Network in the key border markets of McAllen-Brownsville and Laredo, Texas
Stations will be carried on local Time Warner Cable systems
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE:EVC) announced today that it has acquired television stations KVTF-CA and KTFV-CA serving the McAllen-Brownsville, Texas market and television station KETF-CA serving the Laredo, Texas market from Zavaletta Broadcasting Group, LLC. All three stations will carry TeleFutura network programming, the first stations to carry the network in both markets, giving Entravision TeleFutura affiliates in 18 of its 23 Univision-affiliated markets.
Additionally, as part of a five-market agreement between Entravision and Time Warner Cable, the new TeleFutura affiliates will be launched on the local Time Warner Cable systems in McAllen-Brownsville and Laredo by April 1, 2005, along with Entravision-owned TeleFutura affiliates in San Diego and Palm Springs, California and Corpus Christi, Texas. KVTF-CA and KTFV-CA will be located on channel 20 and KETF-CA will be located on channel 77 in their respective markets.
"The acquisition of these television stations greatly enhances our presence in two of the country's fastest-growing and most densely-populated U.S. Hispanic markets," said Walter F. Ulloa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Entravision. "The addition of TeleFutura programming greatly strengthens our position in these key border markets as the number-one destination for advertisers targeting the coveted 18-34 Hispanic audience."
Entravision also owns television station KNVO-TV UNIVISION Channel 48 and radio stations KKPS-FM 99.5 Que Pasa, KNVO-FM 101.1 Oye! KVLY-FM 107.9 The Mix and KFRQ-FM 94.5 The Rock in the McAllen-Brownsville market and television station KLDO-TV UNIVISION Channel 27 in the Laredo market.
Entravision Communications Corporation is a diversified Spanish-language media company utilizing a combination of television, radio and outdoor operations to reach approximately 75% of Hispanic consumers across the United States, as well as the border markets of Mexico. Entravision is the largest affiliate group of both the top-ranked Univision television network and Univision's TeleFutura network, with television stations in 20 of the nation's top 50 Hispanic markets. The company also operates one of the nation's largest centrally programmed Spanish-language radio networks, which serves 21 markets via 55 owned and/or operated radio stations. Entravision's outdoor operations consist of approximately 10,900 advertising faces concentrated primarily in Los Angeles and New York. Entravision shares of Class A Common Stock are traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: EVC.
Source: Entravision Communications Corporation
CONTACT: Kim Holt or Michelle Radvansky, both of Brainerd Communicators, Inc., +1-212-986-6667, for Entravision Communications Corporation
Web site: http://www.entravision.com/
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