Experienced and popular Puerto Rican journalists Pedro Rosa Nales and Monika Candelaria will co-anchor the program
Puerto Rico´s WAPA Televisión is producing an hour-long newscast specifically for the U.S. titled Noticentro América that will air live and exclusively on WAPA’s U.S. sister cable network, WAPA América, Monday-Friday at 8pm ET/5pm PT, starting Monday, October 27.Noticentro América will feature stories of interest to U.S. Hispanics with a special emphasis on news from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Hispanic market, focusing on topics such as immigration, education, personal finance, health, culture, and technology.”WAPA has the most advanced news technology in Puerto Rico and an award-winning news team that produces the most news on the island. We saw the opportunity to leverage our unparalleled resources to produce a high-caliber national news program that caters to the unique interests of U.S. Hispanics,” said Joe Ramos, president of WAPA Televisión. “Puerto Ricans are the second-largest Hispanic group in the U.S., and this is the first news program produced in Puerto Rico tailored for U.S. viewers. This underscores Hemisphere’s commitment to innovate and invest in original programming that appeals to U.S. Hispanic audiences,” said Alan J. Sokol, president of Hemisphere Media Group, WAPA’s parent company.
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