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Univision opens tv studio at University's downtown cultural center

Texas A&M-San Antonio is excited to announce the Educational and Cultural Arts Center is now home to the new downtown studio for KWEX 41 Univision, providing the station an opportunity to broadcast from the heart of the city.

Dr. Ferrier spoke at the studio’s opening celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 19 alongside Luis Patino, senior vice president of Univision Television Group, Jeff Zimmerman, vice president and general manager of KWEX 41 Univision San Antonio, Ramiro Cavazos, president and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Jorge Cortez, president of the Mi Tierra Corporation. The Hon. Henry Cisneros, chair-elect of the Greater Chamber of Commerce and former president and COO of Univision Communications, and Pat DiGiovanni, President & CEO of Centro San Antonio, were also in attendance. 

The partnership also offers A&M-San Antonio communications students the opportunity for firsthand experience with broadcast journalism through internships each semester. Several students attended the opening, and were also interviewed in Spanish for a special Univision news segment. 

The University leased the Educational & Cultural Arts Center through an agreement with the City of San Antonio in 2012, making possible future exhibitions and educational programming on Latino arts and culture, programs which Univision will be able to document direct from their on-site location.

“Here in the heart of El Mercado – La Zona Cultural, this partnership to share the space at the Educational & made possible through our agreement with the City of San Antonio, will benefit not only our University students, but our entire community,” Dr. Ferrier stated.

Univision press conference photo