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MundoFox to launch in Phoenix on Hero Broadcasting´s full-power television station

Maribel Ramos-Weiner| August 9, 2012

Hero Broadcasting LLC, owner & operator of local Phoenix television station KMOH 6/KEJR 40, announced that it will officially launch as the local MundoFox affiliate on August 13th. MundoFox is the new Spanish-language network from Fox International Channels and the RCN Television Group (RCN).”MundoFox’s original programming will challenge Univision and Telemundo because it provides a quality alternative to the cookie-cutter entertainment landscape that has become a fixture in Spanish-language television,” said Robert Behar, a pioneer of U.S. Spanish-language television and president and CEO of Hero Broadcasting LLC. “MundoFox will reach 80% of the U.S. Hispanic market and Phoenix viewers will get to experience MundoFox in high-definition through our free over-the-air signal and on DIRECTV and DISH Network,” he added.Starting on August 13th, MundoFOX will be available to viewers via the free, over-the-air signal of full-power television station KMOH 6.1-Kingman and KEJR 40.1-Phoenix. Viewers will also be able to tune-in on satellite: DIRECTV, Channel 6 and Dish Network, Channel 6.