Alejandro Luna Joins Fox Sports en Espanol

Fox Pan-American Sports LLC announced today the addition of Alejandro Luna as its newest anchor on Fox Sports en Español. In this role, Luna will be a key studio host, and bolster one of Spanish-language television’s leading on-air teams. He will cover all major club tournaments that Fox Sports en Español produces exclusively for the U.S. Hispanic Market, such as Copa Santander Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana and InterLiga. He will also do play-by-play and analysis on some of the network’s Italian Serie A and Barclays Premier League soccer matches during the season. The announcement was made by Dermot McQuarrie, Senior Vice President Programming and Production, and Assistant General Manager of Fox Sports en Español, with whom Luna will work closely. "We are thrilled to have someone of Alejandro’s caliber and talents join our team,” said McQuarrie. "The experience he brings as an anchor and reporter in the Spanish-speaking TV space, coupled with his passion for sports, will help advance the network’s leadership position within the industry.” Most recently, Luna served as a Los Angeles-based sports anchor and reporter for the Univisión and Telefutura networks, where he was a correspondent for various national, local sports and hard news TV shows, including KMEX-TV’s market-leading nightly newscast in Los Angeles. He also has several years of experience as a television and radio freelance journalist, during which he provided live color commentary and play-by-play for boxing matches, live sports news and field reporting for international soccer matches. Luna has received two Emmy Award nominations for his work, and is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and AFTRA-SAG. He has also been recognized by various non-profit organizations, such as the Crossroads School of Santa Monica and the Novamex/Torneo Copa Refrescos de Mexico, for his philanthropic efforts. About Fox Sports en Español Fox Sports en Español features more than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and, with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLigaTM, the Copa Santander Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa de Campeones, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major League Baseball regular season, divisional playoffs, All-Star Game and World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship® and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 13 million cable and satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S. Hispanic households. Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Español online at foxsportsla.msn.com.