Telemundo Boston / WNEU today announced it will be launching the station’s first-ever live local newscasts later this summer, delivering the Spanish-speaking community throughout the Boston area the most up-to-date local news, weather and information available. The station will add 60 minutes of local news each weekday during late summer 2015 and will be hiring Spanish-speaking journalists to support the news launches.
“Spanish-speaking viewers in the Boston area have been underserved with local news for a very long time so we are proud to deliver what they want and deserve: best-in-class journalism with live and locally-produced newscasts that report the information that they care about,” said Mike St. Peter, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Telemundo Boston. “We’re looking to hire talented Spanish-speaking journalists who are committed to providing our Hispanic communities with the information they need, and are ready to join in this unique opportunity and work for a company that is strongly dedicated to serving our communities with best-in-class journalism.”
The two live, half-hour newscasts are scheduled to launch weeknights (Monday to Friday) at 6 PM and 11 PM and will deliver up-to-the-minute local news and information, weather, sports, entertainment and community news. Co-located with necn, the largest 24-hour regional news network in the United States, Telemundo Boston will also debut a new state-of-the-art newsroom and news set featuring the latest technologies and enhancements. Additionally, the station’s on-air newscasts will feature new on-screen graphics and visual designs to complement the station’s robust online and digital presence.
To support the additional local newscasts, Telemundo Boston will hire Spanish-speaking journalists to fill the roles of anchor, meteorologist, reporter and producer. The new employees will be part of NBCUniversal, a leading global media and entertainment company, and will enjoy a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. The positions will be based out of Newton, Massachusetts and will work closely with NBCU-owned station necn, to fully leverage the stations’ collective strengths and resources to better serve viewers – both Spanish- and English-speaking – throughout the Greater Boston area. For more information about the positions and the application process is available at www.nbcunicareers.com.
WNEU’s local news launch represents the latest in a series of enhancements the Telemundo Station Group has made to all of its owned stations across the United States and Puerto Rico, thanks to a significant investment made by NBCUniversal to better serve the flourishing Spanish-speaking community. NBCUniversal’s investment in its Telemundo stations has supported local news expansions, bolstered newsgathering efforts and equipped the news teams with the resources they need to be competitive in the markets they serve. The investment has already yielded positive results and most recently the Telemundo stations in Los Angeles, Miami and Phoenix had the most-watched local newscasts in any language at the close of the May 2015 sweep period.
For more information about Telemundo Boston, viewers can visit the station’s website at TelemundoBoston.com or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TelemundoBoston and follow on Twitter @TelemundoBoston. To receive the latest news and information, on the go, viewers can download the station’s app on iTunes and Google Play stores.
Telemundo Boston
Owned by NBCUniversal, Telemundo Boston / WNEU is Telemundo’s local television station that serves Spanish-speaking viewers in the Greater Boston area. As one of the 17 stations that make up the Telemundo Station Group, Telemundo Boston delivers its viewers world class programming produced by the Telemundo Network. Telemundo Boston also airs local special community events, daily live weather updates, health and entertainment segments as well as sports programming in Spanish. Sports programming includes the specially produced weekly feature, The Red Sox Report.
Telemundo Boston Launching Newscasts
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