Changes at Univision Puerto Rico begin with the “Now Is It!”

the company Univision Puerto Rico begin making the first changes to its schedule for 2021, following the sale to Liberman Media Group.

It’s about production “Now it is! “, led by presenters Yizette Cifredo and José Santana that from Monday, January 18 changes schedule to 2:00 pm Currently the television space occupies the schedule of 5:55 pm The change of schedule was announced by the production on social media.

The program that began in 2018 has occupied multiple schedules, including those at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

Another change that needs to take place in Univision is the return to the image of TeleOnce as part of the canal renovation. This media requested official information about the changes and communications spokeswoman Linda Peguero indicated that the company will soon be announcing its official statement under the new administration.

Panorama of many changes

According to a source close to the companies involved in this transaction, it is expected that with the official change from Univision PR to TeleOnce, it will be integrated into the programming of this channel productions that Liberman Media Group already presents in the stations of television that owns in the United States. This programming is aimed primarily at Latin audiences on the west coast of the United States.

Similarly, local productions like “Now It Is!” Are likely to be maintained. and “Playing Hard Ball.” To these would be added the production of a news program and a morning program. This explains Telemundo’s move to start producing the “Morning Show” scheduled to premiere on February 15 as a competition strategy at this time, dominated so far by Wapa TV’s “Noticentro a l’Alba”.

The sale of Univision PR occurs because the new owners of the Univision chain are Searchlight, ForgeLight and Grup Televisa. Searchlight in turn has interests with Hemisphere Media Group, owners of Wapa TV. The Federal Communications Commission required the transaction to prevent the congestion of television stations on the island under one owner.

However, TeleOnce is committed to continuing to broadcast content from the Univision chain.

At the television level, Univision still owns the WOLE channels in Mayagüez and WSTE, in Ponce.

Univision maintained the radio stations WKAQ and KQ105, which have begun to undergo changes by the new owners of the chain, such as the departures of Javier Cosme, news and content director of WKAQ 580; and Carlos González, KQ-105 programming director.