Julio Vaqueiro and Arantxa Loizaga to Lead Sunday Primetime Coverage on Telemundo Network Starting at 9 P.M. ET
Special Coverage Kicks Off at 7 P.M. ET on Streaming Channel Noticias Telemundo Ahora Led by Anchors Damià Bonmatí and Claudia de la Fuente
NoticiasTelemundo.com to Feature Live Updates and In-Depth Reporting Throughout the Day, Telemundo Station Group’s Regional Streaming News Channels to Carry Special Coverage
MIAMI – May 30, 2024 – Noticias Telemundo will offer multiplatform coverage of Mexico’s historic presidential election on Sunday with a team of anchors, correspondents and analysts providing comprehensive reporting and analysis of a vote where Mexico is expected to elect its first woman president.
Special broadcast and streaming coverage will run from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m. and include live updates and reporting from the Noticias Telemundo team on the ground in Mexico. Julio Vaqueiro and Aranxta Loizaga will anchor Noticias Telemundo’s live primetime coverage from the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square, beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
The streaming channel Noticias Telemundo Ahora, anchored by Damià Bonmatí and Claudia de la Fuente, will kick off early evening coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The special program will be available on Noticias Telemundo’s social and digital platforms including NoticiasTelemundo.com, the Noticias Telemundo app, YouTube, Facebook, X, Instagram and TikTok. Vaqueiro and Loizaga will pick up the special coverage at 8 p.m. ET on Noticias Telemundo Ahora and it will later simulcast on the Telemundo network.
NoticiasTelemundo.com will feature a live blog, up-to-the-minute developments, projections and results plus distinctive online reporting. The coverage will also include fact checks by T Verifica, Noticias Telemundo’s fact-checking platform. Viewers and readers can submit fact checks through Noticias Telemundo’s WhatsApp tipline.
The following correspondents will be reporting live from Mexico and key locations across the United States:
- Rogelio Mora-Tagle from Mexico’s National Electoral Institute in Mexico City
- Issa Osorio from candidate Claudia Sheinbaum’s campaign headquarters
- Agustín Olais from candidate Xóchitl Gálvez’s campaign headquarters
- Valeria León from the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main square
- Albinson Linares and Luis Hernández from Mexico City
- Javier Vega from Washington DC
- Edgar Muñoz from Los Angeles
- Francisco Cuevas from the U.S.-Mexico border
- Karla Amezola from New York City
- Francisco Espinosa near Aguas Calientes, Mexico
In addition, a team of on-air analysts and commentators will provide in-depth analysis and reaction.
NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group will have 23 reporters across Texas, Arizona, Chicago, and California contributing to the special coverage with live commentary and analysis. The Noticias Telemundo California regional streaming news channel will also have extensive coverage on election night from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. PT.
In the run-up to Sunday’s vote, special election coverage, led by Vaqueiro, is being featured on Noticias Telemundo’s daily national newscasts.
About NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises:
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises leads the media industry in the production and distribution of Spanish-language content for U.S. Hispanics and audiences around the world. The company serves U.S. Hispanics through its national broadcast network, the cable network Universo, and digital platforms including the Telemundo app, a suite of FAST channels, and streaming services, such as Peacock, among others. The Telemundo Network offers Spanish-language entertainment, news, and sports content reaching 95% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 30 owned stations and 91 affiliate stations. Telemundo also owns an independent station serving Puerto Rico. Anchored on Telemundo Studios, the network is the #1 producer of scripted Spanish-language content in the U.S., and the only network to produce original content specifically for US Hispanic audiences. Offering over 600 hours of reality TV shows a year, Telemundo is considered the undisputed Home of Reality TV in Hispanic media. The network is also the exclusive Spanish-language home of the world’s two most popular sporting events, the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
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