Azteca America Reaches 60 Markets with the Addition of Yuma, AZ and Chico, CA

Azteca America Reaches 60 Markets with the Addition of Yuma, AZ and Chico, CA

LOS ANGELES, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Azteca America, the fastest-growing Hispanic television network in the United States, is proud to announce that it has reached the milestone of coverage in 60 markets with Yuma, Arizona, and Chico, California, giving the network presence in all of the top 40 Hispanic markets in the country.

Coverage in the Chico-Redding market will be through the Cocola Broadcasting Companies station KKDJ channel 58. Cocola Broadcasting Companies, which also operates Azteca America stations in Fresno and Boise, is one of the leading independent television operators in the country.

"We are always looking to expand our Azteca America markets and we are happy to add KKDJ to the growing Azteca America footprint," said Gary Cocola, Chairman of Cocola Broadcasting Companies.

Carriage in Yuma is through Time Warner as part of the previously announced national "white area" agreement, which covers markets where local over-the-air stations are not present. The signal is carried on Time Warner channel 221.

"Our network footprint continues to grow, and we look forward to more important coverage news in the coming week," said Luis J. Echarte, Chairman of Azteca America.

Company Profile

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 60 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, Fresno-Visalia, San Diego, Denver, El Paso, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa, Washington DC, Atlanta, Austin, Las Vegas, Boston, Tucson, Corpus Christi, West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, Seattle, Bakersfield, Hartford, Portland, Salt Lake City, Monterey-Salinas, Laredo, Yuma, Ft. Myers-Naples, Palm Springs, Raleigh-Durham, Odessa, Colorado Springs, Milwaukee, Santa Barbara, Lubbock, Amarillo, Yakima, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Reno, Greenville, Abilene, New Orleans, Omaha, Tulsa, Boise, Toledo, Chattanooga, Victoria, Twin Falls, Charleston, Chico and Sherman.

Azteca America is a Grupo Salinas Company.

Visit: www.gruposalinas.com ; www.aztecaamerica.com/corporate

Azteca America Media Contact:
Daniel McCosh
011 (5255) 1720-0059
or
323 517 0370
dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com

First Call Analyst:
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Source: Azteca America

CONTACT: Daniel McCosh, Azteca America, +011-5255-1720-0059,
+1-323-517-0370, dmccosh@aztecaamerica.com

Web site:

http://www.aztecaamerica.com/

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