WNBC-WNJU Launch San Juan News Bureau

NBC O&O WNBC New York and Telemundo-owned WNJU there have established a San Juan, P.R., news bureau which will deliver additional coverage of Puerto Rico’s ongoing rebuilding and recovery efforts following Hurricane Maria. 

The new bureau launches today and will operate through February 2018.  Led by bilingual reporter Julio “Gaby” Acevedo, the station’s new news bureau will deliver daily English and Spanish-language news and updates for WNBC and WNJU as well as all NBC and Telemundo-owned stations across the country. Acevedo’s reports will be available on-air and across the stations’ mobile and digital platforms.  

“Puerto Rico’s continued recovery is very important to WNBC viewers and their families. For this reason, our station is establishing a new San Juan news bureau to deliver live, comprehensive daily news coverage for our viewers directly from Puerto Rico,” said Eric Lerner, WNBC president-GM. “We are the only Tri-State station to take this important step and look forward to keeping our viewers informed.”

“Telemundo was born in Puerto Rico more than 60 years ago and our Telemundo 47 viewers hold a deep and personal connection to the island,” said Cristina Schwarz, WNJU president-GM. “They continue to clamor for more local news and information. This is why our station has joined with WNBC to create this first-of-its-kind, Puerto Rico-based news bureau. As a result, Telemundo 47 will be able to provide even more of the timely updates our viewers want — directly from Puerto Rico.”

A local broadcast veteran, Julio “Gaby” Acevedo has spent more than a decade working in local radio and television in Puerto Rico. He will report from WNBC and WNJU’s new San Juan news bureau and file daily updates for both stations and augment the stations’ continued Puerto Rico news coverage that includes televised and on-the-ground reports from WNBC’s Darlene Rodriguez, Michael Gargiulo, Ray Villeda and Erica Byfield, as well as from WNJU’s Alberto Rullan and Cristina Navarrete. Acevedo’s reports will also air across NBC and Telemundo-owned stations located across the U.S.