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Encyclopedia > Rafael Jose

Dr. Rafael Jose Diaz (born 1955) is a TV show host born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He also sang and acted in television series. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Mayagüez (pronounced Mah-yah-GWEHZ) is the third largest city of Puerto Rico. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...


He won the Festival OTI with his interpretation of Contigo Mujer, a song that was an instant hit all over the Puerto Rican radio.


Jose's singing career did not go much further, but he soon began acting in soap operas and got a job co hosting the Saturday night program A Millon in 1983, along with Hector Marcano, on WAPA-TV. He proved to be a talented show host and lasted there a long time. During this time, he and his then wife, actress Magali Carrasquillo, had a baby son, Rafael Jose Jr., who now is starting his own artistic career. The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hector Marcano is a comedian, producer, and game show host in Puerto Rico. ... Televicentro is a Puerto Rico-based television station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as the call letters WAPA-TV, Channel 4, for NTSC television and WAPA-DT, Channel 27, for digital television. ...


In 1986, Jose moved on to join future Senator Roberto Vigoreaux in hosting another WAPA-TV game show, Sabado En Grande, when A Millon was moved to Sunday nights. The show lasted only a couple more years, and Jose found himself doing odds and ends until he signed a contract with Univision in Miami, Florida in the 1990s. 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roberto Vigoreaux (born approx. ... Univisión is one of the largest Spanish language television channels in the United States. ... The Miami skyline, as it is seen from the northeast. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...


Jose then became popular with Latino audiences with the movie showcase show Tu Pelicula. This experience helped him get casted to participate in Univision's show of Despierta America, along with Mexico's Fernando Arau and Ana Maria Canseco, Honduran Neyda Sandoval and fellow Puerto Rican Giselle Blondet. In the United States, Latino refers to non-Anglo-American citizens who are living in the United States of America and are of Latin American background, also referred to as Hispanic. ... Giselle Blondet, (born January 9, 1966) in New York City, United States, is a Puerto Rican actress and show host. ...


Living during the week in Miami and flying back to Puerto Rico for the weekends became too hard for him and in 2000, he signed another contract with Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV and obtained a partial release from Univision, so currently he's doing a new tv show in Puerto Rico and just flies back to Miami every once in a while to do special shows. This article is about the city in Florida. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Jose is also a medical doctor who specialized in dentistry. X-rays can reveal if a person has cavities Dentistry is the practical application of knowledge of dental science (the science of placement, arrangement, function of teeth) to human beings. ...


On July 28, 2004, Univision announced that Jose will be hosting a television show named "Ay, que rico!", which. although hosted by him and fellow Puerto Rican Gricel Mamery, will be geared towards the Mexican audiences in the United States. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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