Telemundo Media announced that Manuel Abud has been named president of the Telemundo Station Group. Effective January 1st, Abud will report to Emilio Romano, president of Telemundo Media, replacing Ronald Gordon, who has been named chairman at ZGS Communications, which owns and operates the largest group of independent stations affiliated with the Telemundo network. In his new role, Gordon will work closely with the Telemundo network to grow and strengthen the companys affiliate relations strategy. Abud, who most recently was president and general manager of Telemundo Dallas KXTX, will have oversight of the 15 owned Telemundo local stations located within the United States, as well as Puerto Rico. A long-time Telemundo executive, Abud will be responsible for leading the Telemundo stations with a hyper focus on localism through developing and producing local content, strengthening the stations commitment to their local community and ensuring local advertisers benefit from the best value in the market. Gordon joined Telemundo in 2009 as president of Telemundo Station Group. During his tenure, lead the growth of the Telemundo Station Group as he oversaw the implementation of key initiatives including a strategic recommitment to localism with the development of more than 1,000 hours of additional local news and public affairs programming, and a renewed focus on the production of local news content that lead the Miami (WSCV) and New York (WNJU) Telemundo stations to the #1 place in their respective markets. Prior to joining Telemundo, Gordon was president and CEO of ZGS Communications.
