Univision 34 in LA celebrates 60th Anniversary

Univision Los Angeles announced its plans for commemorating their coming 60th anniversary of broadcasting and serving the Los Angeles community. It was Sunday, September 29, 1962, at 3:00p.m. that KMEX-TV, Channel 34 first went on air. The flagship station of the Univision Network will be celebrating its anniversary in the heart of Los Angeles with the community that has been loyal to them for six decades.

“KMEX’s foundation to serve our community, to advocate for them and give them a voice in a time where it was needed most has been the backbone of what has driven us since we first went on air in 1962,” said Alejandra Santamaria, Interim General Manager, Univision Local Media. “We are celebrating 60 years as a broadcast institution and would not have it any other way than to celebrate this milestone with our community in the heart of Los Angeles.”

To celebrate their six decades of serving the community, Univision 34 will host a festival on Sunday, September 25 at El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles, better known as Placita Olvera, in Downtown Los Angeles from 12p.m. to 7p.m.

Scheduled to perform are Los Gemelos de Sinaloa, made up of twin brothers Juan Moises and Robert Cardenas from Paramount, California. They grew up in Tomochi, in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico where they started performing with mariachis in restaurants and markets since the age of five. By the age of 13 they started their regional music band Los Gemelos de Sinaloa, incorporating the state in Mexico where their parents are from. They have a loyal fanbase of 1.3M Instagram followers, 884K on TikTok and 7.18M Youtube subscribers.

Also performing is Banda Fortuna from Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico. They band was formed in 2008 and is made up of 19 young men from various parts of the region of Evora and Guasave. The group has established a musical style being pioneers in combining Sinaloa banda music with the country genre using the requinto in its melodies, consolidating itself in the public’s taste, in addition to great collaborations with other bands.

The festival will also feature a second stage to highlight local musical and dance performers that are made of the talent our community represents. In addition, there will be food trucks, a Contigo Community Partner Pavilion, and much more.

In addition, there will be four 30-minute historical specials on KMEX-TV and the impact it’s had on the community during the past 60-years. All four episodes will be available on www.vix.com