Azteca America Affiliates Full Power Station in Seattle

Azteca America Affiliates Full Power Station in Seattle

- KHCV Channel 45 Fills Out Top 30 Hispanic Markets -

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Azteca America, the fastest growing Hispanic television network in the United States, is pleased to announce the launch of a new full power affiliated station in Seattle as of July 31.

Seattle is ranked number 28 in number of Hispanic television households, according to Nielsen Media Research, with 78,000 Hispanic television households, representing 0.69% of the Hispanic total.

"Distribution landmarks continue to be established and surpassed at Azteca America as we welcome KHCV to our family," said Luis J. Echarte, Chairman of Azteca America. "Now that we are in the top 30 markets, we're already setting our sites on the top 40."

KHCV Channel 45 is a Class A station, with 1 million watts of radiated power transmitted from Tiger Mountain.

"Our station strength resounds from Bellingham to Olympia (in the greater Seattle-Tocoma area), and we're proud to have it airing Azteca America programming," said Kenneth Casey, President of KHCV. "Our Hispanic community is looking forward to Azteca America's top sports, novelas, news and entertainment programming, not to mention the La Academia reality show."

About Azteca America

Azteca America is the fastest growing Hispanic network in the United States. The network is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V., one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television content in the world. Azteca America currently has presence in 51 Hispanic markets, including: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Phoenix, Brownsville-McAllen, Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Albuquerque, San Diego, Fresno-Visalia, El Paso, Denver, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa, Washington DC, Austin, Las Vegas, Boston, Atlanta, Tucson, Corpus Christi, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Seattle, Hartford, Bakersfield, Portland, Salt Lake City, Monterey-Salinas, Laredo, Naples-Ft. Myers, Colorado Springs, Odessa, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Lubbock, Amarillo, Yakima, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Reno, Boise, Omaha, Victoria, Chattanooga, Twin Falls and Charleston.

Visit: http://www.aztecaamerica.com/

Azteca America Media Contact:
Daniel McCosh
+011-52-55-1720-0059
dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com

KHCV Media Contact:
Stephanie L. Ogle
+1-425-497-1515
steph@khcvtv.com

Source: Azteca America

CONTACT: Daniel McCosh, Azteca America, +011-52-55-1720-0059, or
dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com, or Stephanie L. Ogle, KHCV, +1-425-497-1515, or
steph@khcvtv.com

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

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