- Primer Impacto
"Primer Impacto" ("First Impact") is a Spanish language television news program broadcast by
Univision in the USA, which airs two episodes during the day; an hour-long edition in the afternoon at 5pm ET/PT, and a condensed half-hour version at 11pm ET/PT ("Primer Impacto Extra"), which airs on Univision affiliates without a local news department (and the national cable feed), and leads into the network's 11:30pm newscast, "Noticiero Univision: Ultima Hora".The hosts are
Barbara Bermudo andFernando Del Rincón . During the weekends the hosting job alternates toSatcha Pretto andIlia Calderon . OnNovember 26 ,2006 the previous co-host,Veronica del Castillo , announced at the end of the show that she would be leaving the show to act as "Primer Impacto"'s primarycorrespondent inMexico . OnMarch 8 ,2007 it was announced onEl Gordo y La Flaca that Colombian bornIlia Calderon has taken over Lourdes' spot on the weekends as the new anchor, effective that coming weekend of March 10th and 11th.Regrettably, Veronica's announcement and departure were over-shadowed by sad news earlier in the day of the death of
Raúl Velasco , the well likedMexican host of "Siempre en Domingo ". That day's show was one of the first to pay an hour ofhomage to Raúl Velasco's life andimpact onLatin American show biz industry.The show started in
1992 as "Noticas y Mas" and in1994 became "Primer Impacto" withMaria Celeste Arraras joiningMyrka Dellanos as co-host. In2002 ,Barbara Bermudo replaced Maria Celeste a couple of months after Maria had her new child and left the network for Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo."Fernando Del Rincón arrived in 2004.Carmen Dominicci also came to the show in 2002. In 2004, after 10 years on the show,Myrka Dellanos left due to unknown reasons that have not been oficially confirmed by neither Myrka or Univision. In 2005 Carmen Dominicci left, but she comes back from time to time, and were replaced by the current hosts.Walter Mercado has provided the flamboyanthoroscope predictions for a number of years.Jackie Guerrido does weather on weekdays andPaola Elorza does weather on weekends.Rosana Franco ,Fernando Fiore , andFélix Fernández alternate in doing the sports. On Thursday'sArgelia Atilano is on with movie reviews."Ocurrio Asi" was the former competitor to "Primer Impacto", but with Maria Celeste's introduction to
Telemundo , the news show was canceled and "Al Rojo Vivo" was created with Maria Celeste serving as host and managing editor. Since then some other former Univision casts had gone to Telemundo, most notably former Noticiero Univision host Maria Antonnieta Collins.egments
There are various segments in "Primer Impacto", the most important are: news of the U.S, news of the world, República Deportiva (sports republic), movies, weather, horoscope, curiosities and the main story of the day.
Walter y las Estrellas
Trivia
The original name of the show was: Noticias y más (News and more), later it changed to Primer Impacto (First Impact).
External links
* [http://www.univision.com/content/channel.jhtml?secid=1448 Primer Impacto] "Official Site"
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