KULX Salt Lake City Names Pedro Andrade News Director

Pedro Andrade, news director at KULX Salt Lake City
Pedro Andrade, news director at KULX Salt Lake City (Image credit: NBCUniversal Local)

Pedro Andrade has been named news director at Telemundo station KULX Salt Lake City. He’s been the assistant news director for the past year. 

“Pedro is a strategic news leader with strong editorial judgement,” said Tatiana Argüello, president and general manager of Telemundo Utah and Telemundo Colorado. “He has fostered a culture of innovation and collaboration in the KULX newsroom, and I am excited for Pedro and his team of experienced news professionals to continue informing and empowering our Spanish-speaking community in Utah to make decisions that will have a lasting effect on themselves and their families.” 

Andrade joined KULX in 2022 from KSTS San Francisco-San Jose, where he was a news producer. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Andrade worked for the General Office of Communication at the Housing Authority in Venezuela in various mass communication roles. He got his start in the media as a radio host in Caracas. 

NBCUniversal Local owns KULX

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.