Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection
name: label: Creator
content: WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
label: Creator
content: WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
label: Creator
content: Telemundo Group, Inc.
label: Creator
content: Univisión (Television network)
label: Creator
content: Mirós, Gilda
label: Creator
content: Aguilar, Héctor
label: Creator
content: Gazcón, Edgardo
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Actresses
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content: advertising
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content: Broadcasting -- New York
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content: Broadcasting -- United States
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content: Ethnic television broadcasting
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content: Minorities in broadcasting
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content: Radio broadcasting
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content: Television
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content: Television broadcasting
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content: Television journalists
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content: Television advertising
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content: Television stations
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content: Theater
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content: Notebooks
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content: Awards
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Initial donation by by Jose Cancela, President of WNJU, 2016.  The 2016 accrual was donated by station WKAQ. The television stations WKAQ, WNJU, and WSCV also donated materials in 2017.
creator: label: Creator
content: WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
label: Creator
content: WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
label: Creator
content: Telemundo Group, Inc.
label: Creator
content: Univisión (Television network)
label: Creator
content: Mirós, Gilda
label: Creator
content: Aguilar, Héctor
label: Creator
content: Gazcón, Edgardo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Spanish Language Broadcasting Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: WNJU was the second television station to broadcast in Spanish in the United States. It eventually was owned by Telemundo. WKAQ was the first television station to broadcast in Spanish in the United States. Telemundo stations provide diverse programming, including variety shows, telenovelas, sports, reality television, news programming, and films. Their target audience is the Hispanic and Latin American population in America.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1940-2017
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1404
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Advertisements
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content: Floor plans
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content: Motion pictures (visual works)
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content: Photographs
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content: Statistics
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content: Programs
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content: Resumes
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content: Scripts (documents)
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content: Videocassettes
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content: Writings
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content: Immigration records
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content: Letters (correspondence)
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content: Diplomas
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content: Commercials
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content: Appointment books
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content: Certificates
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content: Clippings
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content: Contracts
label: Type
content: Dvds
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is organized into four series. 

Series 1: Gilda Mirós

Subseries 1.1: Personal Papers

Subseries 1.2: Audiovisual Materials

Series 2: Hector Aguilar

Subseries 2.1: Personal Papers

Subseries 2.2: Audiovisual Materials

Series 3: Telemundo Group, Incorporated.

Subseries 3.1: WKAQ Television Station

Subseries 3.3.1: Maria Kapetanakis Files

Subseries 3.3.2: Ariel Lipiz Files

Subseries 3.3.3: Alicia Soriano Files

Subseries 3.3.4: Susan Solano Vila Files

Subseries 3.3.5: Maria Cristina Barros Files
    
Subseries 3.3.6: Marilys Llanos Files
    
Subseries 3.3.7: Manuel M. Martinez Files
    
Subseries 3.3.8: Audiovisual Materials

Subseries 3.2: WNJU Television Station

Subseries 3.3: WSCV Television Station

Series 4: Univision

Subseries 4.1: Edgardo Gazón Files

Subseries 4.2: Mayda Delgado Files

Subseries 4.3: Ismael Moctezuma Files

Subseries 4.4: Eduardo Kachscovsky Files
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by IrMarie Fraticelli, intern, 2017; Edwin A. Rodriguez, intern, 2017; Justine Thomas, intern, 2018; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Select items from the collection were digitized in 2019. Digital reference copies are available in the Smithsonian Institution Digital Asset Management System (DAMS).
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
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content: Advertisements -- 21st century
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content: Floor plans
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content: Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century
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content: Motion pictures (visual works) -- 21st century
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content: Photographs -- Color negatives -- Acetate film -- 1980-2000
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content: Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 21st century
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content: Photographs -- Color photoprints -- 1980-2000
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content: Photographs -- Color negatives -- Acetate film -- 21st century
label: Genre/Form
content: Statistics
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content: Programs
label: Genre/Form
content: Resumes
label: Genre/Form
content: Scripts (documents)
label: Genre/Form
content: Videocassettes
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings
label: Genre/Form
content: Immigration records
label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Genre/Form
content: Diplomas
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercials
label: Genre/Form
content: Appointment books
label: Genre/Form
content: Certificates
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
label: Genre/Form
content: Contracts
label: Genre/Form
content: DVDs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network. The WNJU portion includes photographs of reporters and other station personnel; portrait shots of on-air personalities, both negatives and prints; photographs of the reporters at the anchor desk, including both negatives and pritns; a reel of motion picture film of a children's show.