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  Telemundo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Founded by Angel Ramos in the early 1950's in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Telemundo is an international media network with a conglomerate of Spanish-language television channels as its base.
In 2001, Telemundo was purchased by NBC and is now a part of NBC Universal.
In 2004, Telemundo translated their evening telenovelas into English in the hopes of getting Hispanic Americans that did not speak Spanish to tune in.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telemundo   (219 words)

  
 Puerto Rico
Television could not develop in Puerto Rico as early as in other areas of the Caribbean region because of the island's status as a territory of the United States.
Thus, Telemundo of Puerto Rico became part of the ample network of Hispanic TV stations on the mainland.
WRIK-TV was established in Ponce, on the south coast of Puerto Rico, after receiving FCC permit to go on the air on channel 7 on 2 February 1958.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/puertorico/puertorico.htm   (1712 words)

  
 Puerto Rico - Information, Maps, Facts, What to do, Links, and much more.
Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, which include Mona, Vieques, and Culebra.
Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks.
A non-voting Resident Commissioner is elected by the residents of Puerto Rico to the U.S. Congress.
www.forwardingsite.com /places/puerto-rico.html   (2287 words)

  
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The letter informed Telemundo that if the contests were added to the routine commercial matter broadcast during each of the hours in question, the total amount of commercial matter broadcast by Station WKAQ-TV during its children's programming might exceed 10.5 minutes, and thereby apparently violate Section 73.670 of the Commission's rules.
Telemundo confirmed that the contest segments were sponsored by Carmela and KFC, but denied that they constituted commercial matter for purposes of the Commission's commercial limits because they did not promote the sponsors' products.
Telemundo concedes that its Telecomicas program was intended for children and was broadcast between 8:00am and 10:00am on both Saturday morning, March 11, 2000, and Saturday morning, March 18, 2000.
www.fcc.gov /ftp/Bureaus/Enforcement/Orders/2000/da002736.txt   (1307 words)

  
 Telemundo Puerto Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Telemundo, channel 2 in Puerto Rico's television dial, also known as WKAQ-TV, has been in existence since 1954, year when television began in Puerto Rico and was founded by Mr.
During most of the 1980s, according to Mediafax, (a Puerto Rico study that is the Puerto Rican version of the Nielsen ratings), Telemundo Puerto Rico was the most viewed channel in Puerto Rico.
One of the most important producers at Telemundo Puerto Rico is Paquito Cordero, who has been since 1954 at the channel, both as actor and producer.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/telemundo_puerto_rico   (265 words)

  
 Puerto Rico OBS Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are located at an active tectonic-plate boundary between the North American plate and the northeast corner of the Caribbean plate.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are unique among the seismically active regions of the U.S. in that the islands are mostly covered by water, which presents both opportunities and challenges for geological and geophysical studies.
The study is co-funded by the CMGP, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, the Sea Grant Office at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez, and by the President's Office of the University of Puerto Rico.
soundwaves.usgs.gov /2000/06/fieldwork.html   (768 words)

  
 Telemundo.com - Telemundo - Corporate Information
Telemundo Communications Group, Inc is a U.S. Spanish-language television network committed to broadcast unique and outstanding national and local entertainment, news and sports programming to the fast growing U.S. Hispanic audience.
Telemundo Communications Group, Inc. is the parent company of Telemundo Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Telemundo Holdings, Inc. which holds the ownership interests in the Telemundo television stations, Telemundo Network Group LLC, provider of programming to the stations.
Telemundo's programming strategy is strengthened by the acquisition of major Hollywood motion pictures from studios such as Warner Bros., Universal Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
www.telemundo.com /telemundo/2449824/detail.html   (542 words)

  
 Variety.com - Telemundo eyes mates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Telemundo Group officials confirmed that a strategic partnership could be in the works, and sources say Sony is a prime candidate for such an alliance.
Telemundo may be seeking a suitor because the company has been losing money for the past two years, and it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1993.
www.variety.com /article/VR1116677548   (666 words)

  
 Telemundo
Telemundo Group Inc. is the second largest Spanish language television network in the United States.
Telemundo Group Inc. was formed in December 1986 by Saul Steinberg and Henry Silverman of Reliance Capital Group L. who were interested in moving into the Spanish-language market.
By mid-1993, Telemundo was in financial trouble and filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/T/htmlT/telemundo/telemundo.htm   (721 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Tourist Information
Puerto Rico is a modern progressive and civilized vacation spot that maintains the charm and hospitality of days gone by.
Puerto Rico's water quality is subject to the same regulated EPA standards that apply on the U.S. mainland.
Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. postal system (USPS) and has the same mail rates (23¢ for a postcard, 37¢ for a first-class letter) and service as provided on the U.S. mainland.
welcome.topuertorico.org /tinfo.shtml   (4269 words)

  
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Telemundo opposed the effort, casting the three TDs as supervisors (and, thus, part of management).
As was repeatedly underscored in the decision, the employer undertook this reorganization as a result of the recommendations provided by a management consultant which had begun a study of the employer's operations }{\plain \ul before}{\plain the union instituted the representation proceeding.
Because the change in duties that Telemundo attempted here was done unilaterally and, in the Company's own words, "should carry the day" in its quest to incorporate the TDs into management, the change transgressed the obligation to bargain collectively.
www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/rtfs/may97/96-1945.01a.rtf   (3894 words)

  
 Boxing News : Telemundo Preview: Puerto Rico Vs. Mexico
A scheduled 12-round main event between flyweights Jose "Carita" Lopez of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico and Everardo "El Zihua" Morales from Mexico's Districto Federal, aptly titled, "Puerto Rico vs. Mexico", is the highlight of Friday night's Telemundo-televised tussle taht begins airing at 11:30 p.m.
Telemundo and Telefutura's encapsulation of this passion has them taking TV ratings from the better financed and marketed ESPN shows that overlap their respective timeslots.
For example, a few fights ago the Puerto Rican knocked down former WBO champion Fernando Montiel on his way to a spirited decision loss back when Montiel was fighting like, and supposed to be, the next Ricardo Lopez.
www.maxboxing.com /Angel/angel091903.asp   (712 words)

  
 ABC News: 62-Foot Stogie Rolled in Puerto Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Jan 9, 2005 — A cigar maker in Puerto Rico has hand-rolled a 62-foot-long stogie, which would be the world's largest if confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records.
It took 20 pounds of tobacco from Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania and 100 leaves to roll the huge cigar, Pena said.
Puerto Rico, a U.S. Caribbean territory of about 4 million people, once had an important tobacco industry but it has faded over the past century as the economy has shifted away from agriculture and toward industrial manufacturing.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=397529   (550 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Cleaning Up The Clutter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Commercial clutter in many of Puerto Rico’s major media outlets has increased since last year, despite pressure from ad agencies and advertisers to cut back on commercial minutes and the media’s declared commitment to comply.
The average cost per thousand viewers (CPM) in a comparable TV market on the U.S. mainland is $25, whereas in Puerto Rico it is $9, said Jonathan Garcia, vice president of sales and marketing for Televicentro.
The Association of Advertising Agencies of Puerto Rico (AAPPR by its Spanish acronym) made it a major objective last year and continues to tackle it under the incumbency of a new board.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2002/vol6n41/CBCleanClutter-en.shtml   (1533 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Country profiles | Regions and territories: Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican voters, who can elect a governor for the island, continue to favour parties which support the union with the US.
There is an established cycle of migration between Puerto Rico and the US; hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have lived and worked in New York and other cities.
Puerto Rico's landscape is varied, and includes rainforests in the north-east.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/americas/country_profiles/3593469.stm   (612 words)

  
 Puerto Rico is PuertoRicans.Com, map of Puerto Rico online
Abigail Mesa, vice president of the festival, said the flag was adopted when Puerto Rico won commonwealth status in 1952, but its origins date to 1895, when 59 Puerto Ricans gathered at the Chimney Corner Hall in Manhattan to organize a group calling for the independence of Puerto Rico and Cuba from Spanish rule.
Lydia Rivera, the president and one of the founders of the Puerto Rican Political Action Committee, noted that this year will mark the first time the Puerto Rican flag will be raised at the State House, in a at 10 a.m.
On hand at City Hall yesterday were Liznell Hernandez, Miss Puerto Rico of Rhode Island for 2004; Savannah Colon, Miss Parade; Karla Lebron and Jasmin Serrano, Miss Pre-Teen and Miss Teen Puerto Rico for Rhode Island, respectively, and Angelica Rivera, the festival's ambassador.
www.puertoricans.com /usa/rhodeisland/aug202005.htm   (426 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO: Three Futures, One Unending Past
Puerto Rico ignores the wretched history of its imperial siblings and turns an ungrateful eye upon its benefactor, uniting in infantile indignation at the U.S. Navy's use of one offshore island for military exercises.
Puerto Rico's cuisine is similar to that of nearby islands, heavy on rice and beans, light on meat.
Puerto Rico is an island, but cannot be insular, because the modern world does not allow small communities to cut themselves off from the world's cultural developments without also cutting themselves off from the benefits of trade.
members.aol.com /XPUS2/PR.html   (14833 words)

  
 past history weather reports from puerto rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Puerto Rico has three main physiographic regions: the mountainous interior,...
Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands." The Weather Calculator...
Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, Germany and Southeast Asia.
www.thebestcanoesinfo.com /19/past-history-weather-reports-from-puerto-rico.html   (373 words)

  
 Juan Carazo Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Juan Carazo (born October 10, 1964) is a former boxer from Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Then, he had another fight in Puerto Rico, this time at Mario Morales Coliseum, and the fight was telecasted all across the island.
Carazo had a fight scheduled on Telemundo Puerto Rico in 1987 against a foreign opponent, in an undercard where Wilfredo Vazquez was supposed to face another opponent.
www.biographybase.com /biography/Carazo_Juan.html   (489 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: TV Executives Promise Less Clutter On Television During The Upcoming Elections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
PUERTO RICO HERALD: TV Executives Promise Less Clutter On Television During The Upcoming Elections
Last month, officials from Univision (CH 11), Telemundo Puerto Rico (CH 2), and Televicentro (CH 4) met with top executives of some of the island’s major advertising agencies to announce that they intend to avoid the customary advertising clutter during the coming elections.
For the past two years, the local TV stations have been reducing the number of minutes per hour dedicated to advertising to minimize clutter caused by commercials and to improve the quality of their programming.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n02/CBTVExecs-en.shtml   (519 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Es Salsa
Many Puerto Rican singers and musicians have been the greatest ambassadors of the tropical rhythm of salsa worldwide; performing in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
At Puerto Rico Es Salsa - Hotel Show, the music our clients mainly listened to is what is known as “classical or traditional salsa” which has more swing and tropical flavor than the commercial salsa produced recently.
Puerto Rico Es Salsa-the Event is a show we offer for different events consisting of a big band of professional musicians, accompanying well known salsa singers and professional salsa dancers playing the traditional salsa music cherished and danced by music lovers all over the world.
www.prsalsa.com /whatisprsalsa.htm   (463 words)

  
 wnbc.com - NBC 4 - Puerto Rican Day Parade This Sunday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NBC 4 anchor Lynda Baquero and Telemundo 47 anchor Ramon Zayas will host the parade coverage along with Dr. Felix Matos Rodriguez, an expert on Puerto Rican culture.
The theme of this year’s parade is "County On Us," which recognizes and celebrates the value of the Puerto Rico community.
The 2005 Grand Marshall is Atilano Cordero Badillo, President of the Grande Supermarkets chain in Puerto Rico.
www.wnbc.com /wnbc/2249264/detail.html   (440 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Sun
Puerto Rico Sun, a cultural news/photoblog aimed at empowering and informing boricuas.
The Mission of the Boricua Summit is to provide a forum by which Puerto Ricans residing in New Jersey can examine our present role in the New Jersey community and create a proactive agenda to improve our economic, educational, social/cultural, and political well-being.
The Booming 51st State: "The Daily Reckoning PRESENTS: Puerto Rico is experiencing its own property boom...and as it is on the mainland, this boom is fueled mainly by cheap credit.
prsun.blogspot.com   (609 words)

  
 Puerto Rico latest step in MTV worldwide plan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But closer to home it was only in August that the company launched MTV Puerto Rico, an outlet that just this week moved from 12 hours to 20 hours of daily programming.
Like its counterparts throughout the world, MTV Puerto Rico will offer a wide range of music native to the region as well as a broad selection of Spanish-language rock and pop and English-language releases from the United States and elsewhere.
The opportunity to bring MTV to Puerto Rico came about after the network was approached by Providence, R.I.-based LIN TV Corp., which owns more than two-dozen stations, among them WAPA in San Juan, and other over-the-air outlets on the island.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/columns/apple_corps_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000826686   (620 words)

  
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TELEMUNDO OF PUERTO RICO, INC. DECISIONS OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 321 NLRB No. 133 Telemundo of Puerto Rico, Inc. and Union de Periodistas, Artes Graficas Ramas Anexas, affiliated to the Newspaper Guild, AFL-CIO, CLC.
During the 12-month period preceding issuance of the complaint, the Respondent, in conducting its business operations, derived gross revenues in excess of $100,000 and purchased and received at its Hato Rey, Puerto Rico facility goods valued in excess of $50,000 directly from points outside the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
We find that the Respondent is an employer engaged in commerce within the meaning of Section 2(6) and (7) of the Act and that the Union is a labor organization within the meaning of Section 2(5) of the Act.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/321/321-133.txt   (1137 words)

  
 Cigar Aficionado | Daily Cigar News | Mega-Cigar in Puerto Rico
Pena, owner of Don Rey Cigars in San Juan, Puerto Rico, had no idea that a mega-cigar had already been created in Havana when he decided to make a 10-foot cigar for his own amusement.
The cigar was featured on the popular Puerto Rican TV variety show No Te Duermes and it caused such a sensation among viewers that Pena decided to make an even longer creation of 20 feet.
The Dominican-born Pena decided to make the cigar as a tribute to his homeland of Puerto Rico, where he has resided for the past three decades.
www.cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Daily/CA_Daily_News/0,2342,1031,00.html   (519 words)

  
 Digital Syndicate Network - U.S. Territories Television Stations
WAPA-TV, LIN TV's station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the service will include current Puerto Rican news and entertainment shows, as well as classic programming from WAPA's extensive prime time library.
It is one of the 5 major TV channels there, along with biggest competitor Telemundo Puerto Rico, Tele Once, Super Siete, and Canal 6.
The major commonwealths are Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas.
www.digitalsyndicate.net /territories.html   (321 words)

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