Emilio Nicolas Sr.
American businessman
Emilio Nicolás Sr. (27 October 1930 – 12 October 2019) was a Mexican media executive credited with a major role in creating and developing Spanish-language television stations and networks in the United States. After beginning his career at KCOR-AM and KCOR-TV in San Antonio, TX, Nicolás later took over the struggling TV channel and renamed it KWEX-TV, embarking on a rapid expansion and development which led to the creation of the very first US satellite interconnected television network, which was destined to become Univision.
Life and career
One of five children, Emilio Rafael Nicolás was born in the mining town of Ciudad Frontera, located in northern Mexico, in the state of Coahuila, on the 27th of October, 1930 to parents Constantino and Miriam Saide Nicolás. Previously they had lived in Palestine, in the city of Bethlehem. Initially his parents owned a dry goods store there which was open all day, every day. The family later moved to Rosita where they expanded to three stores on the same block; one selling food and the others clothing. Emilio and his family lived above the stores.
Nicolás and his father would spend many hours listening to radio broadcasts together and in particular news reports from the US concerning Allied advances during WW2. After primary school, Nicolás attended a Marist Catholic boarding school for boys in San Luis Potosi.
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