LOS ANGELES, June 23, 2015 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Noticias 22 MundoFOX, KWHY-TV Canal 22’s news team and the Los Angeles flagship affiliate of the MundoFOX television network, has been awarded and recognized with six Telly Awards for their News campaign “La Voz de Tu Ciudad” (the Voice of Your City). This is the first time Noticias 22, has received this honor for their creative work. The award-winning team earned two coveted silver Telly for their excellence in Lighting and Local TV Commercial, and four bronze Telly awards for Art Direction, Copywriting and Directing, News Promotional Piece and they won the People’s Telly award as well.

“The Meruelo Media team is extremely honored to receive such prestigious recognition by the Telly Awards academy,” stated Otto Padron, President of Meruelo Media. “This is a tribute to high quality teamwork, and the multiple honors illustrate Meruelo Media Studio’s creativity, skill and dedication to their craft, talent and potential.”

This notable competition regularly receives more than 11,000 entries from all around the world and this year Canal 22 MundoFox received scores high enough to be among this year’s winners. Out of every award-winning applicant, approximately 18%-25% will receive a bronze accolade and even more impressively, only 7-10% will receive silver. This year, the station had the creative know-how to garner a total of four. The campaign crafted by O-TV creative and Canal 22 MundoFOX stood out to the judges of this year’s 36^th annual Telly Awards to successfully distinguish it from all others in their respective categories.

The Telly Awards have grown to become the premiere competition recognizing achievements in local, regional and national TV commercials. Applications are received from a wide-array of talented advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and corporate video departments worldwide. Past winners have included AEG, AOL Media, CBS Television, State Farm Insurance, The Weather Channel, and TV Guide Network to name a few. Canal 22 MundoFOX has now rightfully secured its place among that prestigious group of honorees.

For More information on Canal 22 MundoFOX, please visit http://www.mundofox22.com/. You can also find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/mundofox22, on Twitter at @mundofox22 and on Instagram at @mundofox22.

About Meruelo Media

Meruelo Media, the media division of Meruelo Group, which currently operates Los Angeles radio station KDAY, 93.5 FM and three television stations in Los Angeles, Houston and Santa Barbara; as well as a superstation on its digital KWHY-TV 22.2 stream with carriage on Time Warner Cable. KWHY-Channel 22 Los Angeles is the flagship and local affiliate station of the MundoFOX television network. Meruelo Group is a diversified management company overseeing 25 affiliated portfolio companies in 10 primary industries with holdings in banking and financial services, food services, construction and engineering, real estate, hotel and casino operations and public and private equity. Alex Meruelo is the principal of Meruelo Group. For more information please visit www.meruelogroup.com.

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