Spanish International Broadcasting Company (SIBC), with a 20% investment from Mexican mogul Emilio Azcárraga, on Sept. 29, 1962, launched a UHF television station devoted to the largely Mexican population of Southern California.
Until then, no other station was serving this audience. And, for its first few years, it was a money-loser that required a converter to receive the channel, given UHF’s nascent state at the time.
Today, that investment is being celebrated as TelevisaUnivision’s West Coast flagship TV station prepares to celebrate its 60th birthday in grand…
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