Ana Blanco López (born 27 May 1961) is a Spanish journalist and newscaster. Since 1991 she has anchored the three main editions of
Televisión Española
Televisión Española (acronym TVE, branded tve, "Spanish Television") is Spain's national state-owned public television broadcaster and the oldest regular television service in the country. It was also the first regular television service in ...
's flagship newscast ''
Telediario''.
Career
Blanco started her career in radio in 1980 as a contributor of
Cadena SER, later in 1989 she debuted in television as host, along with Agustín Bravo, of the cultural-oriented program ''Zip-zap'' in
Telemadrid
Telemadrid is a public regional television station in the Community of Madrid, Spain, the flagship channel of the regional public broadcaster Radio Televisión Madrid (RTVM). It began its broadcast on 2 May 1989.
History First years
Telemadr ...
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In 1990 Blanco joined TVE, working in different areas until the following year, when she debuted as anchor of the weekend editions of ''Telediario'' along with
Francine Gálvez. She is one of the longest running presenters in the history of ''Telediario'', celebrating 30 years in the newscast in 2020. On 29 August 2022,
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. (; ), known as Radiotelevisión Española or RTVE, is the state-owned public corporation that assumed in 2007 the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service know ...
announced Blanco was quitting from the newscast services.
Awards
*ATV award for best news anchor (2000, 2004,2005, 2010 and 2012)
*Antena de Oro award in 1999
*Golden TP Award as best news anchor (2007 and 2008)
References
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Living people
People from Portugalete
Spanish journalists
Spanish television personalities
1961 births