REY HERNANDEZ
June 10, 2015
ROBERTO ESCOBAR
June 10, 2015

RICARDO ESPINOSA

RICARDO ESPINOSA

SUMMARY

Radio Personality and entertainer with over 25 years of experience connecting with Hispanic audiences nationally and internationally. Consistent professional trajectory of entertaining and informing Spanish radio listeners with spontaneity, enthusiasm and warm charismatic style.

EXPERIENCE

Univision América Network (News and Talk format)                            2014 – January 2015

News Director and News Anchor. Lead talent and host for the morning drive time national show De Costa a Costa from 6:00 AM to noon.  Supervised and curated the daily news, entertainment, health, sports, immigration segments as well as interviewed celebrity guests.

WADO 1280AM (News and Talk format) – New York                            2003 – 2014

News Anchor for the morning drive time show Buen Día New York with the responsibility of news reading for over 10 years. On air personality, co-host and resident poet. WADO 1280AM is the No. 1 Hispanic news, talk and sports station in the country and the Spanish-language radio home of the New York Jets and New York Yankees.

RCN Radio Internacional (News and Talk format) – New York             1999-2002

Artistic Director and Announcer for the Sub carrier system. Responsible for the information and entertainment content disseminated to the Colombian community in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut regions.

RCN Cali – Colombia                                                                          1998-1999

Artistic Director. Directed news and music programming for a group of 17 radio stations in Colombia.

EDUCATION

Universidad Central de Bogotá                                                           Bogotá, Colombia

Bachelors in Mass Communications

Academia ARCO                                                                                 Bogotá, Colombia

Masters in Radio and Television Announcer Program

SKILLS

  • Experienced On-Air personality
  • News production and reading
  • Editing in Zetta
  • Live remotes
  • Live reads
  • Event coverage
  • Newscast production
  • Live links with local TV affiliates
  • Voiceovers for clients