Gallego to Join ‘Noticiero Telemundo Chicago’ Team beginning Monday, April 7
Chicago, IL (March 31, 2025) – Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV) has announced nine-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Santiago Gallego will join the station’s Noticiero Telemundo Chicago team as reporter / anchor, beginning Monday, April 7. The announcement was made by Sally Ramirez, Senior Vice President of News, NBC 5 Chicago / Telemundo Chicago.
In his new role with Noticiero Telemundo Chicago, Gallego will deliver on-site breaking news and additional feature story reports for the station’s late morning, afternoon, and evening newscasts. In addition, Gallego will handle additional anchoring duties throughout the week.
“Santiago embodies the commitment, vision and drive to keep our local audience informed,” said Ramirez. “Adding Santiago to our acclaimed Noticiero Telemundo team is yet another example of our commitment to dedicated journalism for our Chicagoland viewing audience.”
Since 2014, Gallego served as the primary anchor of Noticias 60 Telemundo at Telemundo 60 in San Antonio, TX (KVDA-TV), the local station serving the Spanish-speaking community in Central and South Texas. As a key member of the Noticias 60 Telemundo team, Gallego also delivered hundreds of breaking news reports in and around the San Antonio region.
Prior to joining Telemundo 60 San Antonio, Gallego worked as an associate producer for Telemundo’s national Noticias Telemundo newscast, along with holding a producer position with the Telemundo News Service.
Gallego is a nine-time Lone Star Emmy Award winner, including recognition as “Best News Anchor in Texas” in 2023. Gallego has also been honored with three Telly Awards.
In addition to being a longtime advocate for immigrant rights in the United States, Gallego is also a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), which is dedicated to professional recognition and advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. NOTE: This year’s NAHJ Conference & Expo will be held in Chicago from July 9-12. Additional details via the following link: NAHJ 2025 Conference & Expo.
Born and raised in Medelin, Colombia, Gallego earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science from Florida International University.
NBCUniversal Local Chicago, a division of NBCUniversal, is the home of NBC 5 (WMAQ-TV) and Telemundo Chicago (WSNS-TV). Together, the duopoly serves diverse English- and Spanish-speaking audiences in the third largest U.S. television market. The NBC and Telemundo owned stations deliver the latest local news, consumer and investigative reports across multiple linear, streaming and digital platforms, along Chicago’s most accurate forecast, extensive local sports coverage, a range of original documentaries and series and entertainment/lifestyle content on “Chicago Today.” All original content is available on-air, digitally via NBCChicago.com, TelemundoChicago.com and on the stations’ mobile apps, as well as the NBC 5 Chicago News 24/7 live streaming channel, which is available for viewing on Peacock, Roku and Samsung TV and numerous steaming platforms, as well as free apps available on Roku and Amazon Fire TV.
