Univision Commends Diego Ruiz on His Appointment to the Federal Communications Commission

"Diego's valuable leadership and his dedication to thefastest-growing Hispanic market in the country have been tremendousassets to the Univision Television Group," said Michael D. Wortsman,President of the Univision Television Group. "Diego's career withUnivision has been marked by many achievements and milestones, and I am confident that he will find great success in his new position with the FCC. On behalf of everyone at Univision, I wish him well in this exciting new chapter of his life."

"I am proud to have been part of a company that has permanentlyaltered the Spanish-language media landscape and has achieved so manyindustry-wide milestones in the nine years that I have worked forUnivision," said Diego Ruiz. "I look forward to my new position withthe FCC, but I will miss the many friends I have made both inCalifornia and within the extended Univision family."

Diego Ruiz had served as Vice President and General Manager ofKUVS-Univision 19 and KTFK-TeleFutura 64 since June 2002. Previously,Ruiz served as Vice President and General Manager of Univision Online,Univision Communication's internet division. Before launchingUnivision Online, Ruiz served as Station Manager of KMEX-TV Channel34, Univision's flagship station in Los Angeles. He joined Univisionin 1997 after receiving his MBA from Harvard Business School. Prior tojoining Univision, Ruiz worked in the United States Congress from 1990to 1995. He received his BA with a double major in History and EnglishLiterature from the University of Virginia in 1988.

While in Sacramento, Ruiz served on the Boards of Directors of theCalifornia Chamber of Commerce, the California BroadcastersAssociation, the Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and theAmerican Heart Association's Sacramento chapter.

Univision Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-languagemedia company in the United States. Its operations include UnivisionNetwork, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast televisionnetwork in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households;TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcasttelevision network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86% ofU.S. Hispanic Households; Galavision, the country's leadingSpanish-language cable network; Univision Television Group, which ownsand operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets andPuerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio groupwhich owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S.Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Music Group,which includes Univision Records, Fonovisa Records, and a 50% interestin Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and AmericaMusical Publishing companies; and Univision Online, the premierSpanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located athttp://www.univision.com. Univision Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa's pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 19.8% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univision Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

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