Telemundo Station Group, the media group that is home to 31 Telemundo owned stations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, today announced that “Noticias Telemundo Texas” - a new, two-hour weekday newscast will air across five Texas DMAs beginning September 26. The regional morning newscast will air Monday to Friday from 5am to 7am CT on Telemundo KXTX / Dallas Fort Worth, KTMD / Houston, KVDA / San Antonio, KTLM / Harlingen-McAllen and KTDO / El Paso. Telemundo’s hoyDía national morning show will air at 7am CT (instead of 6am CT) in the markets that will air the new morning newscast (check local listings). The anchor team and reporter roster for “Noticias Telemundo Texas” will be announced soon.

“Local news is and will continue to be the most trusted source of information that audiences turn to when they want to know what is happening in their communities,” said Ozzie Martinez, SVP, News, Digital and Standards, Telemundo Station Group. “With the launch of our new Texas morning newscast, we are doubling down on our commitment to give our audiences the best in class news they deserve and elevating our storytelling by presenting the news that is driving the news cycle in Texas and explaining why these stories matter for each community.”

Anchored from The Studios at DFW, a state-of-the-art news facility that is home to Telemundo 39 / KXTX, NBC 5 / KXAS and LX News network, “Noticias Telemundo Texas” will deliver the news and stories that are leading the day in the state while helping to explain its impacts in each community. With the addition of this new newscast, Telemundo’s 31 television stations will deliver more than 26,600 live, news hours to their local communities.

To support this local news launch, the Telemundo stations are currently hiring for behind camera and on-camera roles. Please visit NBCUniversal’s Careers portal here, for more information.

About Telemundo Station Group

The Telemundo Station Group, part of NBCUniversal Local division, includes 31 local Telemundo owned stations. The stations deliver Spanish-speaking audiences in the U.S. and Puerto Rico the very best local news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, and lifestyle entertainment across any platform and screen. The station group also operates TeleXitos, a Spanish-language multicast network that delivers action-adventure television series and movies without subtitles.