FCC Letter Re Univision.Pdf

BOARD OF DIRECTORS SONIA BRAGA, Co-Founder MEREL JULIA, Co-Founder ESAI MORALES, Co-Founder JIMMY SMITS, Co-Founder FELIX SANCHEZ, Co-Founder & Chairman ARMANDO GOMEZ, Gomez Transportation GINNY GRENHAM, Grenham Networks GRACE FLORES-HUGHES, F&H 2 LOLA SALAZAR, Salazar Family Foundation GLORIA RODRIGUEZ, Comunicad June 19, 2020 ADVISORY COUNCIL ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SAGASA CRISTELA ALONZO JOSE ANDRES JOEDIS AVILA JOSE DIAZ BALART ANTONIO BANDERAS JESSICA YAS BARKER EVA LONGORIA BASTÓN Ms. Marlene H. Dortch HONORABLE XAVIER BECERRA Federal Communications Commission DAMIEN BICHIR LYNDON K. BOOZER 445 l2th St. SW, Room TW-B204 BENJAMIN BRATT RITA BRAVER & ROBERT BARNETT Washington, DC 20554 HONORABLE TONY CARDENAS KURT CACERES LYNDA CARTER Ms. Michelle M. Carey KATE DEL CASTILLO HENRY & MARY ALICE CISNEROS Bureau ChieF ESTHER COOPERSMITH Federal Communications Commission EUGENIO DERBEZ IRENE DIAZ 445 l2th St. SW, Room TW-B204 NINA DIAZ JESSICA HERRERA-FLANIGAN Washington, DC 20554 MONICA GIL NICHOLAS GONZALEZ WANDA DE JESÚS OSCAR DE LA HOYA EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN Re: Univision Holdings, Inc. MB Docket No. 20-122 HONORABLE VICENTE FOX AIMEE GARCÍA ANDY GARCÍA Dear Ms. Dortch and Ms. Carey: JESSE GARCÍA DAN & RHODA GLICKMAN RYAN GUZMAN On behalF oF the National Hispanic Foundation For the Arts (NHFA), we SALMA HAYEK JUANES respectFully request that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ISAAC LEE JENNIFER LÓPEZ deFer action on the above reFerenced proceeding, in light of the comments BENITO MARTÍNEZ Filed by the U.S. Department oF Justice, U.S. Department oF DeFense and the HONORABLE JOHN MCCAIN LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA U.S. Department oF Homeland Security (“the Departments”) on June 1, 2020, GABY MORENO RITA MORENO coupled with the duress caused by COVID-19, NHFA urges you to re-open HONORABLE GRACE NAPOLITANO the oFFicial comment period aFter the Departments have submitted their EDWARD JAMES OLMOS ROBERTO ORCI rulings until at least August 31, 2020. KENNY ORTEGA JUAN OTERO MICHAEL PEÑA Thank you For your consideration oF this matter. TONY PLANA ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON . JACKIE REYES ADAM RODRÍGUEZ GINA RODRÍGUEZ Sincerely, JUAN PABLO RABA MILY IOS E R ROBERT RODRÍGUEZ HONORABLE LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD HONORABLE DR. RAUL RUIZ HONORABLE JOHN SALAZAR Felix Sanchez HONORABLE LINDA SÁNCHEZ Chairman and Co-founder JON SEDA MARTIN SHEEN MICHAEL & MARIELLA TRAGER GLORIA TREVI WILMER VALDERRAMA LUIS VALDEZ DINA SIEGEL VANN HONORABLE NYDIA VELÁZQUEZ ANA VILLAFAÑE WASHINGTON SQUARE • 1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW • FIFTH FLOOR • WASHINGTON, D.C. • 20036 TELEPHONE (202) 293-8330 • FAX (202) 772-3101 WASHINGTON SQUARE • 1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW • FIFTH FLOOR • WASHINGTON, D.C. • 20036 TELEPHONE (202) 293-8330 • FAX (202) 772-3101 .

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