CBS 12 to air Spanish Station “Mi Pueblo TV” on their Digital Channel

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – April 2, 2009 - WPEC-TV CBS 12 News will broadcast Spanish Language Television Station “Mi Pueblo TV” on their digital channel, 12.2, effective April 6.

“We are extremely proud of this new partnership with Mi Pueblo TV,” said Brien Kennedy, executive vice president and general manager of CBS 12. “Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast have a growing and diverse Hispanic population, and we are happy to be able to serve this very important segment of our community.”

“All of us at World Broadcasting Partners, LLC/Mi Pueblo TV, are honored and elated to be working with WPEC-TV, said Eduardo Gudoy, executive vice president of World Broadcasting Partners. "Our mission is to unite the Hispanic communities by providing diverse programming and focusing on local content, including the only Spanish language local newscast in the market.”

“Mi Pueblo TV is the only local station in West Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast committed to providing Hispanic viewers with local news, weather, sports, and entertainment programming in Spanish," said Oscar Nodarse, President of Mi Pueblo-TV. "Our focus will be to culturally enrich our community.”

Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast are home to more than 300,000 Hispanics, which makes it the fourth largest market of Hispanic residents in all of Florida. Hispanics account for 12 percent of all television homes in the DMA, and 18 percent in West Palm Beach.

CBS 12’s digital channel, 12.2, can be seen on channel #212 on Comcast and channel #195 on Hometown Cable Plus.

CBS12 is the CBS station serving Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties, the nation’s 38th largest television market.

WPEC-TV CBS 12 is owned by Freedom Communications, Inc., headquartered in Irvine, California. Freedom is a national, privately-owned information and entertainment company of print publications, broadcast television stations and interactive businesses. The company’s portfolio includes 33 daily newspapers (including The Orange County Register), more than 70 weekly newspapers, magazines and other specialty publications, plus news, information and entertainment websites to complement its print and broadcast properties. Freedom’s newspaper publications have a combined circulation of nearly one million subscribers. The broadcast stations—five CBS and three ABC network affiliates—reach more than 3.5 million households across the country.