Political Quotes

“In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to recognize Homan Machuca. At the age of 16, Homan Machuca began a career in broadcasting as a recording assistant at Nuevo Continente of Bogota, the first evangelical Christian radio station founded in Colombia, where he later advanced to general manager. Homan also worked at Todelar, one of the largest radio networks in Colombia. Homan studied at Colegio Superior of Telecommunications and the University of America in Bogota, where he received his degree in journalism and communications. {time} 1800 Homan relocated to the United States in 1984, where he was employed as a journalist for La Magica 1220 news. He then worked as the news director for Noticias 11Q radio; Cosmos 1270 radio; Cadena Fantastica radio; Viva 1160 AM radio; and Univision television channel 63, in Orlando, Florida, as well. Homan was the first Latino to transmit via satellite for the NASA space shuttle launches with United Latin Television to stations in Latin America and Europe. Homan Machuca won an Emmy Award for his work in television arts & science. Machuca is a five-time Paoli Award recipient. In 2008, he was awarded the Don Quijote award. He was awarded the Reportaje del Ano with United Press International for the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that deeply affected our State and the Nation. Before the Challenger disaster, he was on the list of journalists to be able to travel to space.…”