HispanicBusiness

Miami, FL--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--March 20, 2006--Univisión Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN), the nation’s leading Spanish-language media company, today announced that Jorge A. Plasencia has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President and Operating Manager, AM Stations/RadioCadena Univisión. He will be responsible for the operations - administration, programming and talent relations - of Univisión Radio’s AM properties and the RadioCadena Univisión Network. Plasencia will also maintain portions of his current responsibilities and assume the role of Vice President, Corporate Relations, Univisión Radio, overseeing strategic corporate initiatives and projects, as well as functioning as liaison with other Univisión divisions.

“Over the years Jorge has made tremendous contributions to the success of Univisión Radio and I am confident that he will do a terrific job in this new role,” stated Gary Stone, President & COO of Univisión Radio. “Jorge’s extensive experience in the U.S. Hispanic market together with his established national community relationships are essential assets that I am certain will make our AM properties and RadioCadena Network flourish under his leadership,” added Stone.

“I am very excited about this new opportunity to be able to contribute to the growth and future success of RadioCadena Univisión and all of our owned and operated AM stations,” stated Plasencia. “I look forward to contributing to America’s largest and fastest growing Spanish-language AM radio network.”

Before joining Univisión Radio’s predecessor (Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation) as Vice President, Marketing, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs in 2001, Plasencia spent five years as Vice President of Estefan Enterprises, Inc. Prior to that he was Director of Hispanic Marketing for the Florida Marlins Baseball Club. Plasencia also held various management positions within the Spanish-language radio industry in South Florida where he worked for WAQI (AM), WRTO (FM) and WQBA (AM/FM).

Plasencia graduated with honors from Barry University. In 1991, he co-founded Amigos For Kids, a non-profit organization that assists abused and underprivileged children in Miami. In 2004, Plasencia was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as an advisory board member to the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Office of Cuba Broadcasting. He also serves on the board of directors of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute at Barry University and the Gloria Estefan Foundation.

Univisión Communications Inc. is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States. Its operations include Univisión Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 98% of U.S. Hispanic Households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network, which was launched in 2002 and now reaches 86% of U.S. Hispanic Households; Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable network; Univisión Television Group, which owns and operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univisión Radio, the leading Spanish-language radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 4 stations in Puerto Rico; Univisión Music Group, which includes Univisión Records, Fonovisa Records, La Calle Records and a 50% interest in Mexico-based Disa Records labels as well as Fonomusic and America Musical Publishing companies; and Univisión Online, the premier Spanish-language Internet destination in the U.S. located at http://www.univision.com. Univisión Communications also has a 50% interest in TuTv, a joint venture formed to broadcast Televisa’s pay television channels in the U.S., and a non-voting 14.9% interest in Entravision Communications Corporation, a public Spanish-language media company. Univisión Communications is headquartered in Los Angeles with television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States.

For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net.