Rubén Sánchez is the main talk news personality at
Univisión
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Radio (
WKAQ-AM) in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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as well as has served as anchorman for several TV daily news interview programs.
Born in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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on March 3, 1963, Sánchez is a graduate of the
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (English: University of the Sacred Heart), abbreviated "USC" and often called simply Sagrado, is a private Catholic Church, Catholic university in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is one of the oldest and larg ...
. For years, he was deputy director of the news department at the
Notiuno radio network in Puerto Rico, rising to the post of news director. Subsequently hired by Univisión, he currently anchors the radio network's morning drive time newscast from 6 to 8 am, has conducted a two-hour highly rated daily news interview program and co-anchored a political analysis program with the late political analyst
Juan Manuel García Passalacqua. At WAPA-TV, he anchored ''A Calzón Quitao'', a daily mid-afternoon news interview program and a political news edition on prime time Friday evenings. Both programs were carried by WAPA's nationwide superstation, WAPA-América, seen by Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in many U.S. media markets.
He anchored a similar program called
Rubén & Co., alongside
Daniela Droz
Daniela Droz (born August 16, 1977) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and television host.
Early years
Daniela esenia Droz Serranostarted her acting career during childhood. Her stage debut took place in 1987, at age 10, in the San Juan produ ...
and
Gredmarie Colón in
Univision Puerto Rico.
Sánchez has also served as a part-time journalism professor at
Turabo University in
Caguas, Puerto Rico
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.
He is married and has two daughters and two sons.
Sources
Univision biography
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Living people
Journalists from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican male journalists
Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón alumni