Suárez named President & GM of Telemundo 60 San Antonio / KVDA

The Telemundo Station Group announced that José Alberto Suárez has been named President and General Manager of Telemundo 60 San Antonio / KVDA. Suárez, who starts his new role today, will report to Manuel Martinez, President, Telemundo Station Group.

“José is an innovative and creative leader with proven experience leading various television stations newsrooms and marketing and sales departments across his 20-year local television career,” said Martinez. “Telemundo 60 has experienced tremendous growth in the past few years and I’m excited to see how José will use his many talents, including his creativity, innovation and exceptional drive, to help Telemundo 60 grow even further and help the station continue to serve the San Antonio community.”

Suárez returns to Texas after working for various local television stations in Florida, Ohio, New Mexico and Texas. He joins Telemundo 60 from NBC 6 South Florida / WTVJ, where he most recently worked as Director of Creative Services and Local Programming. During his tenure at the station, he was also Executive Producer for the station’s local weekday entertainment show, 6 in The Mix, and other non-news and sales specials and an Executive Producer for NBC 6’s local weekday newscasts. While at NBC 6, Suárez successfully led the station’s marketing, sales promotions and integration and community outreach teams to create unique and dynamic marketing and on-air promotional materials in English and Spanish-language, to meet the South Florida market’s demographic demands.

Before joining NBC 6, Suárez worked at the Telemundo Station Group as Director of Digital Platforms, where he was responsible for managing the online editorial content for Telemundo-owned stations located all across the country. Suárez has also worked as Director of Digital Media for NBC 6 and Telemundo 51 Miami / WSCV and played a pivotal role in creating content that helped promote both stations’ news properties as well as other entertainment and consumer materials. Before joining NBCUniversal, Suárez held various roles inside newsrooms all across the country, working as a News Director for CW South Florida / WSFL, Fox Toledo / WUPW and NBC 3 San Angelo / KSAN in Texas. Before taking on his newsroom leadership roles, Suárez worked as a Reporter and Photographer for the CBS affiliate serving New Mexico and as an Associate Director for CBS 4 South Florida / WFOR.

“I am thrilled to join the Telemundo 60 team and to return to Texas, where I loved my time as News Director at KSAN many years ago,” said Suárez. “Telemundo 60 has experienced significant growth and I’m excited to have an opportunity to lead the innovation and evolution that will help Telemundo 60 reach new heights.”