Tony Canales is the President and General Manager of Telemundo 47 Houston / KTMD, the NBCUniversal-owned television station that serves Spanish-language viewers in the Houston market. Since being named to his role in 2012, Canales has been responsible for managing the station’s news, sales, marketing, engineering, finance, human resources and community relations operations. 

Under his leadership, the station has seen a significant expansion in its local news operations, thanks to an investment made by NBCUniversal in its Telemundo stations to better serve Spanish-language c...