KVEA Los Angeles Names Cancela General Manager

By Michael Malone
published

Jose Cancela was named president and general manager of Telemundo-owned KVEA Los Angeles.

In his new job, Cancela willl be responsible for "the strategic and operational leadership of KVEA," said Telemundo in a statement.

He was part of Telemundo from 1992-1998, when he served as president and COO of the Telemundo Station Group.

Cancela comes from market research firm Hispanic USA Inc., which he founded in 2004. He was president and chief operating officer of Radio Unica Communications Corp. from 1998-2004, where his duties included overseeing the company's 15 owned and operated stations.

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Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.