Univision promotes leadership in Texas Radio & TV

Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) announced the promotions of Danny Lowry to vice president, Radio National Sales and Christine Escobar to vice president, general manager & director of Sales for Univision Austin, effective immediately. Lowry will be based in Dallas and report to Dominic Fails, senior vice president of Local Media Sales and Escobar will continue to be based in Austin and report to Luis Fernández-Rocha, senior vice president and general manager.

“Danny is a world-class professional who is skilled in promoting a collaborative team culture and he’s a leader that I know will deliver tangible results for our clients. Christine has been an invaluable member of the Univision Austin team and I can’t think of a better person to be at the helm driving the station forward into the future,” said John Eck, Chief Local Media Officer. “Danny and Christine have been committed to our audience, community and partners since they first joined the company and I’m confident that they’ll thrive in their new roles.”

In the newly-created role of vice president of Radio National Sales, Lowry will oversee sales efforts for Univision’s radio stations across the country. During his 12-year tenure at UCI, Lowry has served as vice president and general manager of Univision Austin. Prior to that, he served as director of Sales for UCI’s four-station radio cluster in Dallas overseeing local, national, new business and digital revenue.

Escobar will manage operations including ad sales, marketing, news, production and promotions of Univision Austin TV and radio stations: Univision 62, UniMás 31, Qué Buena 104.3 FM and 107.7 FM Más Variedad. Since joining UCI in 2003, Escobar has served in various capacities, most recently as director of Sales for Univision Austin where she led a team of talented sales and marketing professionals and oversaw local and national revenue. Prior to UCI, Escobar worked at the iHeart Radio cluster in Austin, focusing on sales. She brings more than 16 years of demonstrated success in the media industry.