''Republica Deportiva'' Marks Its Fifth Anniversary with a ''State Celebration''; Univision's ''Sports Republic'' Draws an All-Star Guest List.Sports Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2004 "Republica Deportiva República Deportiva (Sports Republic in Spanish) is a weekly two-hour Spanish language sports show shown on Sunday mornings in the United States on Univision. It is hosted by popular television personality Fernando Fiore, one of the leading figures in sports in the U.S. " ("Sports Republic"), Univision's number one sports/entertainment program, celebrates its fifth anniversary on April 25, 2004, at 11am ET/PT (10am Central/Mountain). Among the guests scheduled to join hosts Fernando Fiore Fernando Fiore (born in Argentina) is a Hispanic television sportscaster. He is the host of Republica Deportiva and has anchored Univision's FIFA World Cup coverage in 2002 and 2006. and Rosana Franco Rosana Franco (born approx. 1970) is a sportscaster for Spanish language television channel Univision. Franco was born in Monterrey, Mexico. Her father, Dr. Roberto El Alfalfa Vazquez, was also a soccer player, who played for the UNAM Pumas team. and honorary co-host Sofia Vergara in the celebration are National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Juan Marichal • • [ and Wrigley Field For the former ballpark in Los Angeles, see . • • [ , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Yankee's shortstop Alex Rodriguez Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American baseball infielder. He is the starting third baseman for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and Seattle and Chicago Cubs' right fielder Sammy Sosa. Since its debut on April 11, 1999, "Republica Deportiva" has aired 262 live programs on Sundays in addition to 2,000 nightly newsbreaks on Univision's highly rated programs "Primer Impacto" ("First Impact") and "Noticiero Univision" ("Univision Nightly Newscast"). Set in a neighborhood "sports bar," "Republica Deportiva" keep viewers up to speed on all the latest sports developments and covers the most important international sporting events. And in addition to dishing out plenty of news and information, co-hosts Fernando and Rosana frequently welcome some of the world's biggest Hispanic sports stars for one-on-one interviews. Celebrity guests have included the infamous boxing promoter Don King and boxing greats Oscar de la Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy , Felix Trinidad and Fernando Vargas; Soccer legend "El Bam-Bam" Ivan Zambrano and idol Jose Luis Chilavert; and baseball superstars Sammy Sosa and the Hernandez brothers, Livan and "El Duque." "Republica Deportiva" airs every Sunday on the Univision Network from 11am-1pm ET/PT (10am -12pm Central/Mountain). Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 79% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Univision Television Group, which owns and operates 24 Univision Network television stations and 1 non-Univision television station; TeleFutura Television Group, which owns and operates 31 TeleFutura Network television stations; Galavision, the country's leading Spanish-language cable network; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 68 radio stations in 17 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group The Univision Music Group Is the #1 Latin music company in the U.S. with approximately 45% market share. Founded in April 2001 with a vision of releasing and marketing the best of every genre of Latin music, the Univision Music Group now includes three record labels: Univision , which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 27% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net To see the release issued on Hispanic PR Wire, please visit: http://www.hispanicprwire.com/spa/news_es.php?id=2207&cha=7 |
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