HOUSTON - (February 13, 2020) – Telemundo Houston KTMD-TV announced that Luis Gerardo Nuñez has been named co-anchor/ reporter for KTMD’s 4 PM and 4:30 PM newscasts, alongside co-anchor Ingrid Barrera. His first day at Telemundo Houston will be Monday, March 9.
Nuñez joins KTMD from Telemundo 47 / WNJU where he served as co-anchor/ reporter for 4 years. Before this, Nuñez worked at Telemundo 39 / KXTX-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth from 2014 to 2016
“We are excited and happy to have a journalist of this caliber join our local news team to continue our daily mission of bringing our viewers the latest breaking news,” added Jerry Vazquez, Vice President of News, KTMD.
A native of Venezuela, Nuñez is a multiple-time regional Emmy Award® winner and brings a solid news background to KTMD that spans 14 years. He began his career as a reporter for Globovision, the Caracas-based 24-hour news network serving Spanish-language viewers in Venezuela, the Caribbean and throughout Latin America.
Nuñez earned a degree in Social Communication Sciences from University of Monteávila in Caracas and a master’s degree in communications from Florida International University. He will be relocating to Houston with his family.
About Telemundo Houston
Telemundo Houston / KTMD is Telemundo’s local television station serving Spanish-speaking viewers in Houston, the fourth largest Hispanic television market in the country. Telemundo Houston aired the market’s first-ever Spanish-language television newscast more than 30 years ago. Owned by NBCUniversal, today, the station locally produces approximately 15 hours of news and information programming each week and delivers viewers the most up-to-date local news, weather forecasts and sports and entertainment headlines across all platforms, including online at TelemundoHouston.com, via its dedicated mobile app and through its social media channels. Telemundo Houston is the Spanish-language television home of the Houston Texans and the Spanish-language television sponsor of the world’s largest rodeo, Rodeo Houston. Viewers can find Telemundo Houston on local channels Xfinity 6 or 606 in HD, Dish and DirectTV 47 and over the air 47.1.
(This post was taken from a release sent to me by Telemundo Houston)
