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Press Release

For immediate release: October 21, 2013

Ron Oliveira Launches Public Communications Firm

36-Year Veteran Newscaster to Focus on Broadcast and Spanish-language Media Relations and Online Content

AUSTIN, Texas – October 21, 2013 – After more than three decades in the television news business, Ron Oliveira has launched his own firm, Oliveira Public Communications. He intends to focus on media relations, media interview training including Spanish language and production of online video content. In addition, Oliveira plans to continue serving as an emcee and producer of special events for clients around the state.

“Online content has opened up the news business, and that favors my skills in an exciting way,” said Ron Oliveira, president of the new company. “News rooms have far fewer producers and reporters than in the past, so I will be working on behalf of clients to help them package their stories for traditional broadcast, then show them how to program their own website-based broadcast channel to speak to the audiences they care about most.”

In addition to online broadcast production, Oliveira expects to devote considerable time providing clients media interview skills training for Spanish-language audiences, an underdeveloped market in Texas where the Spanish speaking population and Spanish TV news audiences are growing rapidly.

Oliveira will also continue to provide clients around the state with special event support and planning. In the past 12 months, Oliveira has served as master of ceremonies at more than 100 events ranging from nonprofit fundraisers to chamber galas to university honors banquets.

Oliveira added, “Oliveira Public Communications is open for business, and business is already good. I am reviewing proposals and have conversations underway with nearly a dozen prospective clients ranging from McAllen to El Paso to Lubbock and of course, here in Austin. While I’ll be careful in building the company, I am optimistic about the opportunity for growth.”

Oliveira recruited Jeff Hahn, owner and principal of Hahn Public Communications, as a partner in the venture. The two have agreed to develop services to complement Hahn Public’s client portfolio and propose work to new client prospects. “Our firm has a track record of collaborating and partnering with others and helping launch new ventures,” Hahn said. “Ron is one of the most respected and recognized journalists in the state. I’m thrilled to be able to support his vision for Oliveira Public Communications and am confident his talent, experience and enthusiasm will open up new opportunities for us both.”

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Ron Oliveira
Principal, Oliveira Public Communications

Meet Ron Oliveira

Ron Oliveira is an award-winning journalist and has worked 36 years in the television industry. Ron graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Radio-Television and Film in 1976. He is a native of Brownsville, Texas.

He started his career as a television news anchor in 1977 at KGBT-TV, the CBS affiliate in Harlingen, Texas. In 1980 he moved to Austin where he became lead anchor for KVUE, the ABC affiliate. Several times, Ron was part of the KVUE anchor team that won Best Newscast in the USA.

In 1994, Ron expanded his career in television when he started and became co-owner of KNVA-TV, the Warner Brothers affiliate in Austin and anchored the news for sister station, KXAN TV. Then in 1999, he helped launch and became co-owner of KTLM-TV, a Telemundo affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley. In 2005, Ron joined the KEYE TV news team where he worked until March 2013.

Besides helping to rear four children, Ron is also very active in the community. He currently serves on the board of the Lola Wright Foundation, the Texas Secretary of State’s Election Advisory Committee and the advisory councils of Leadership Austin, Any Baby Can and Foundation for the Homeless. He is a former member of the Executive Board of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Better Business Bureau.

About Oliveira Public Communications

Oliveira Public Communications is led by Ron Oliveira, a 36-year broadcast veteran. In his three and a half decades as a reporter, anchor and television station manager and owner, Oliveira logged more than 50,000 hours on the air. He is a former co-owner of KNVA TV, the CW affiliate in Austin and KTLM TV, the Telemundo affiliate in McAllen, Texas. He is the recipient of several awards including the Edward R. Murrow award for excellence in journalism, “Best Newscast in Texas” and “Best Newscast in the U.S.” He holds a bachelor’s degree in Radio-Television and Film from the University of Texas at Austin.