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Alfonso "Poncho" de Anda (born July 25, 1974) is a Mexican show host, born in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... The Mexican Federal District, known in Spanish as Distrito Federal (D.F.), is an area within Mexico that is not part of any of the Mexican states, but an independent self-governing city-state and the seat of the Federal Government. ...

He is the host for the entertainment segments at the Telemundo morning News Show “Hoy en el Mundo” and the morning show “De Mananita”. He also has a gossip segment in “Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste”.

In 2001, he moved form his country Mexico to the United States to work as the main anchor of “Fuzion”, an entertainment show for “MUN2 television”. His carrier started as a DJ in Alfa 91.3FM, one of the most successful Radio stations in Mexico City where he worked as producer and host of his own shows. As a DJ he also hosted “Alfa’s Top Ten” and the news segments “Alfa Entertainment News”.

As a TV personality his career includes the video music show “Alfa Dance” and the entertainment show “Estudio Siete” for Television Azteca. Also he recently hosted “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” from N.Y. City and “Ritmo de Noches Latinas Concert” in Orlando Florida and the “Miss Universe 2005 peagant in Bankog Thailand . Also In 2005 he hosted the Emilio Estefan’s Reality show “Nuevas Voces de America”.

With almost ten years of experience Poncho has interviewed big celebrities such as Erasure, Metallica, Café Tacuba, Shakira, Thalia, Julio Iglesias, Robert de Niro, Angelina Jolie and Miguel Bose among others.

Between his career of Radio and television personality, Alfonso became part of the musical group “Oz” as singer and composer, he also did special apereances in Telemundo’s series “Los Teens” and stared the independent film “Estados” which received the award for Best Latin Picture in the “Made In Miami Film Festival”.

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