Angélica, mi vida es una telenovela estadounidense grabada en la ciudad de Miami y producida por Ángel del Cerro en el año 1988, en cooperación con Capitalvision International Corporation, para la cadena estadounidense Telemundo. En 1988, entonces conocido Canal 2 (hoy Telemundo PR) de Telemundo Network, había dado fin a casi treinta años de producción de telenovelas nacionales en la isla (entre c
uales eran Cristina Bazán, El ídolo, Viernes social, Coralito, Tanairí, Preciosa, Andrea y Pacto de amor. La empresa movió su industria de producción de telenovelas a Miami y alli produjeron su primer telenovela Angélica, mi vida . TELEMUNDO
By Luis Aguilar June 25, 1989
Local viewers scanning between UHF channels 32 and 45 have discovered something besides static. Channel 42 has been broadcasting in Spanish since December 1987, when it broke Channel 14's decade-long lock on Washington's Hispanic market and made Washington the latest battleground for Spanish-language networks Univision (on 14) and three-year-old Telemundo. The early victor is the area's burgeoning Hispanic population, estimated at close to 300,000. "There's certainly enough room for two stations," said Latino community leader and writer Marcelo Fernandez-Zayas. Channel 42 is the 20th affiliate for Telemundo, which has seven owned-and-operated stations in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features movies (two a day), game shows, variety programs, novellas (closed-ended soap operas), entertainment and educational fare. Channel 42 offers public affairs programming, too. A locally-produced weekly half-hour talk show devoted to local Hispanic issues airs Tuesdays at 6 and again on Saturday at 10:30. Telemundo imports most if its programming from Mexico, but does offer Spanish versions of MTV ("MTV International"), CNN News and Jacques Cousteau specials. One domestically-produced novella, "Angelica, Mi Vida" ("Angelica, My Life"), is the first made specifically for the U.S. Hispanic market. "The entire script for 'Angelica, Mi Vida' was designed to reflect the lives of today's Hispanic-Americans," said Carlos Barba, Telemundo's senior vice president for programming. Telemundo president Henry R. Silverman claims the network's advertising sales have increased 40 percent a year for three years and are pacing ahead of that this year. National sponsors include AT&T, Proctor & Gamble, Ford and Phillip Morris. Locally, Channel 42 runs ads for Rosenthal Chevrolet, Jacobs Gardner office supplies, Stereo Discounters and several Hispanic businesses. Alvaro Gavira, owner of Fiesta Travel, one of Channel 42's advertisers, said he is pleased with the response his spots receive. "It's very positive," said Gavira. "Customers mention my kid, who we show holding up a model airplane in the commercial." "Public support has been outstanding," said station director Norman Joslyn. "Advertisement has tripled since we started." Antonio Guernica, president of rival Channel 14, said his new competitor demonstrates the strength of the Hispanic market. But, he added, Channel 42 is severely limited by its power -- roughly one-third of Channel 14's -- and by its limited availability on local cable television systems. Only Media General of Fairfax County carries the channel. "It's the ideal setup," said Guernica. "A competitor who motivates you but doesn't threaten you." Miami.2
