HOUSTON, TX – (March 30, 2021) – Telemundo Houston KTMD-TV announced that meteorologist Pablo Sánchez has been added to the weather team, taking the reins from Carlos Robles who was recently elevated to Telemundo Network in Miami as Chief Meteorologist of the morning show, hoy Día. Also joining the Spanish-language television station is weather anchor Karina Segovia.
Pablo Sánchez joins KTMD from Telemundo 39 KXTX-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth where he has been meteorologist since March 2018. Before this, Sánchez worked as a meteorologist for the Aragonese Radio and Television Corporation in Spain, performing as producer, editor and weather presenter. During 2015 and 2018 Sánchez worked as a weather presenter for Radio & Television of the Principado de Austrias in Spain.
Sánchez also generated audiovisual and radio content for the local meteorological agency in 2016 and 2017. Sánchez obtained his bachelor’s degree in Geography and Land Planning at the University of Zaragoza and received his master’s degree in Climatology and Media from the University of Barcelona. He is part of the Association of Meteorology Communicators (ACOMET) and a three-time Emmy® Award winner.
Karina Segovia comes to KTMD from Entravision Communications where she has been weather anchor since April 2019. Prior to that, Segovia worked as a Multimedia Journalist for Nexstar Media Group and Production Assistant for NBCUniversal. Born and raised in Houston and moving to the Rio Grand Valley with her family at the age of thirteen, Segovia attended the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and in 2015 received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication/Media Studies.
While going to school she gained experience as weather forecaster, camera operator and multimedia journalist for television stations in South Texas. Currently, Segovia is completing a Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University.
“We are delighted to have both Pablo and Karina in Houston helping to elevate our La Autoridad en el Tiempo (Weather Authority) brand and delivering the most accurate and trusted weather forecast,” said Jerry Vazquez, KTMD Vice President of News. “they each have the knowledge and dedication necessary to inform viewers about our ever-changing weather conditions.”
About Telemundo Houston / KTMD
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 KTMD)
