Malave named Telemundo 51 Co-Anchor

WSCV Telemundo 51 in Miami announced that Fausto Malavé is the Co-Anchor of the 5:30 PM, 6 PM and 11 PM weekday newscasts effective immediately.

 “Fausto is a very experienced journalist who every day demonstrates his commitment to the station, to the news team and to the audience,” said Jorge Carballo, President and General Manager of Telemundo 51. “Fausto has been co-anchoring our weekday newscasts with Daisy Ballmajó since March of this year, along with Sports anchor Carlos Maxwell and Chief Meteorologist Luis Carrera, and we are very pleased that as of today he will continue to do so on a permanent basis.”

Malavé joined Telemundo 51 as a reporter in 2006 and became co-anchor of the station’s weekend newscasts three years ago. Before joining Telemundo 51, Malavé worked in Venezuela as anchor of Noticiero Estelar  and as host of the political opinion show Sin Reservas on the Venevisión Network. He also worked as host and producer of the political program ¿Quién Tiene la Razón? Venezuela’s Televen channel. Upon arriving in Miami he hosted Galavisión’s show El Rastro del Crimen and also reported for Univision /WLTV.

While holding his positions as weekend and weekday news anchor at Telemundo 51, Malavé has continued to report from the field about local, national and international stories, and has continued to travel for the station to cover stories such as the recent Summit of the Americas in Panamá. Malavé graduated from the Universidad Central in Venezuela with a journalism degree. He has received six EMMY awards for his special news reports on various topics of social interest.

“Without a doubt, this is one of the most important and wonderful challenges of my professional life and I’m honored that it is at Telemundo 51 where the excellent news team proves on a daily basis a sincere commitment to the South Florida news audience,” said Fausto Malavé.