Independent Spanish Network to Televise Papal Burial Live From the Vatican This Friday

Independent Spanish Network to Televise Papal Burial Live From the Vatican This Friday

'La Cadena de la Hermandad' Forms to Broadcast Ceremony to Over 55% of U.S. Hispanic Households, Covering 21 Major U.S. Latino Markets

MIAMI, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In an unprecedented collaboration in the Spanish television industry, three independent broadcasters, Bela Broadcasting, LLC., Caballero Television, Inc. and WDLP, LLC., announced today that they have joined forces to form the Independent Spanish Network (ISN), referred to as "La Cadena de la Hermandad" ("The Brotherhood Network"), and will broadcast the Papal burial ceremonies across all their independent U.S. Spanish-language stations, this Friday, live from the Vatican.

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The program titled "Entre La Tierra y El Cielo, La Santa Despedida del Papa" ("From Heaven and Earth, the Pope's Sacred Farewell") will broadcast to 55% of the U.S. Latino households, covering 21 major Hispanic markets, via all the combined independent ISN stations.

"As independent stations, we're committed to provide relevant programming to the viewers in the markets we serve," said Robert Behar, President of Bela Broadcasting, LLC. "The passing of the Pope is a historical event that is impacting the lives of our viewers and it is our duty to deliver this special localized coverage."

The program will broadcast at 3:00 AM (EST), hosted by Maria Elvira Salazar and Ricardo Brown, live from WDLP-TV Studios in Miami, Florida, and will also include commentary from famed Roman-Catholic Priest, Padre Alberto, from EWTN Studios in Birmingham, AL. Additional insights will air live from KBEH-TV Studios in Los Angeles, CA.

"The unfortunate event that has brought us together is much more important than our different philosophies about our programming," said Eduardo Caballero, CEO of MasMusica(R) TeVe. "The Hispanic communities of the United States will be well served by this dynamic group of TV stations which honors, respects and shares their feelings for the loss of their beloved Pope."

ISN stations will return to their regularly scheduled programs after the broadcast is over and plan to reunite again in the future for special broadcast events.

"We've come together for this special broadcast event and united our individual strengths -- from talent, to crew to technical capabilities, to create an organization with impact. It's the sum of all our parts that makes this endeavor so powerful," said Dr. William De La Pena, President of WDLP, LLC.

The following is the list of ISN stations that will broadcast the event:

California
KBEH-TV Channel 63 Los Angeles Bela Broadcasting, LLC
KBLM-LP Channel 25 San Bernardino-Riverside Caballero Television
KTRO-LP Channel 50 Lancaster-Palmdale Caballero Television
KXOM-LP Channel 9 San Diego Caballero Television
KMMC-LP Channel 40 San Francisco/San Jose Caballero Television
KHMM-CA Channel 14 Fresno Caballero Television
KMMK-LP Channel 14 Sacramento Caballero Television
KMUM-CA Channel 15 Sacramento Caballero Television
KMMW-LP Channel 47 Stockton Caballero Television
KMMD-CA Channel 3 Salinas-Monterey Caballero Television
KVMM-CA Channel 41 Santa Barbara Caballero Televisión
KQMM-CA Channel 14 Santa Maria Caballero Televisión
KMMA-CA Channel 18 San Luis Obispo Caballero Televisión

Florida
WGEN Channel 8 Miami WDLP, LLP
WFUN-CA Channel 48 Miami Caballero Televisión
WBWP-LP Channel 57 West Palm Beach Caballero Television

Texas
KJIB-LP Channel 5 Houston Caballero Television
KVDO-LP Channel 69 Houston Caballero Television
KMHZ-LP Channel 59 San Antonio Caballero Televisión
KGMM-CA Channel 44 San Antonio Caballero Televisión
KLEG-LP Channel 44 Dallas Caballero Television
KGBS-CA Channel 32 Austin Caballero Television
KQUX Channel 11 Austin Caballero Television
KCCX-LP Channel 24 Corpus Christi Caballero Television
KZAV-LP Channel 21 McAllen/Brownsville Caballero Television

Arizona
KMOH-TV Channel 6 & 19 Phoenix Bela Broadcasting, LLC

ABOUT ISN

For more information on ISN and this week's special broadcast, visit the website at www.isntv.com or email independents@isntv.com

ABOUT BELA BROADCASTING, LLC.

Bela Broadcasting's stations are 24-hour Spanish-language channels that air programming made by the new Latino generation, for the new Latino family, and, the only Spanish-language channels to offer six hours of children's programming Monday through Friday.

KBEH-TV reaches more than 5.3 million television households, and more than 2 million pay-TV households, in the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara media markets. KMOH-TV can currently be seen in 250,000 television households, and over 170,000 pay-TV households, in the Phoenix media market and surrounding areas.

ABOUT CABALLERO TELEVISION, INC. AND MasMusica(R) TeVe

Caballero Television is the owner and operator of 12 Class A and low power Television stations in the U.S., making it one of the largest Hispanic-owned television broadcast companies in the country.

MasMusica(R) TeVe Network features 24 hours of the latest music videos and original programming with a unique mix of the most popular Spanish music formats including Regional Mexican, Latin Pop, Tropical and Rock en Espanol. The network's programming is geared to the young, growing Hispanic market. MasMusica(R) TeVe Network was launched in March, 1998.

ABOUT WDLP, LLC.

For more information about WDLP, please visit www.wdlptv.com.

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CONTACT: Linette Rodriguez, Director of Marketing and Communications of
Bela Broadcasting / ISN, +1-305-863-5740, linette.rodriguez@belallc.com; or
Isela Castillo, Public Relations of Bela Broadcasting / Stations,
+1-310-216-0063, ext. 117, isela.castillo@kbehtv.com

Web site: http://www.wdlptv.com/

Web site: http://www.isntv.com/

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