Chris Homer Joins Univision Flagship as New Chief Engineer.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2001 KMEX-TV, Channel 34, the leading Spanish-language television station in the country, has hired former KWHY-TV Engineering and Operations Director Chris Homer as the station's new chief engineer, it was announced recently by Augustine Martinez, general manager at KMEX-TV. Homer, who has more than 15 years of professional broadcast television engineering and communications experience, will oversee all technical operations at KMEX-TV. These responsibilities include the installation, repair and maintenance of production facilities, transmitter systems and broadcast equipment as well as planning and implementing engineering projects. "Chris' credentials in the broadcast industry will be a valuable asset to this station, especially as KMEX-TV continues with its transition into the digital era," stated Martinez. "His active involvement in several aspects of broadcast engineering and operations, including live event broadcasting and the integration of new technologies into station operations, will be an essential role for him at KMEX-TV and its new station facility in the coming years." Homer joins KMEX-TV after two years at KWHY-TV in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where he oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. technical operations for both the Spanish-language broadcaster and its Internet business news network. Prior to that, Homer served as vice president of Production & Post Production at the Fox Broadcasting Co. from 1990 to 1999, where he worked his way up the ranks to vice president and managed production and post-production engineering and operations for Fox NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Studios, Fox Sports News, Fox Broadcasting On-Air Promotions and Fox Children's Network. Homer, a graduate of California Coast University Overview California Coast University is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC), recognized by the United States Department of Education (U.S. DOE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). , is an active member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE SBE - Microsoft Office Small Business Edition ) and the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. ). KMEX-TV, Channel 34, is the flagship station In broadcasting, a flagship station is the station which originates a broadcast network, or a particular radio show or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada. This includes both direct network feeds and syndication, but generally not backhauls. of the Univision Television Group, the country's leading Spanish-language television station group. The company operates 12 full-power and eight low-power television stations and two television translator stations. KMEX-TV is accessible on the World Wide Web at www.kmex.com. |
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