Manolo Reyes

Journalist, Deceased Person

1924 – 2008

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Who was Manolo Reyes?

Manolo de Jesus Reyes Xiques J.D. was a Cuban-American Spanish-language television news broadcaster in Miami, Florida. Reyes became a television news pioneer in the 1960s when he began one of South Florida's first Spanish-language newscasters. His first 15 minute news show, News En EspaƱol, debuted on WTVJ on August 28, 1960 at 6:45 AM, at a time when Spanish-language broadcasts were rare in the Miami metropolitan area. His original broadcasts were aimed at making news accessible to the growing Spanish-speaking, Miami-based Cuban exile community.

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Born
Jul 29, 1924
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Miami
Died
Jan 3, 2008

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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