WASHINGTON-AREA NATIVE RETURNS TO NETWORK AFTER TWO YEARS WITH CSN HOUSTON
Bethesda, Md. (Dec. 2, 2014) – Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic has announced that Sebastian Salazar has been named anchor and reporter. Salazar, a native of the Washington, D.C., area who previously served in the network’s digital media department, begins his new role this week after two years with Comcast SportsNet Houston.
A two-time Emmy Award-winner with more than nine years in sports media, Salazar joins an experienced team of anchors, reporters and analysts that provide comprehensive daily coverage for Geico SportsNet Central, the network’s signature news show. He will also contribute to Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s other news, analysis and entertainment programs.
During his tenure with Comcast SportsNet Houston, which began with the network’s launch in October 2012, Salazar served as an anchor for its daily news program and as the beat reporter covering Houston Dynamo (MLS) and Rice University. In these roles, he hosted Dynamo pregame and postgame shows and led Rice University basketball and football coaches’ shows. He also regularly covered Houston’s other professional, college and high school teams.
Prior to joining Comcast SportsNet Houston, Salazar spent more than three years covering Washington/Baltimore-area sports. As a member of Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic from 2009 to 2012, he produced written and video content for CSNwashington.com and CSNbaltimore.com, including high school sports shows. For the 2012 MLS season, he joined D.C. United as a website reporter and host and contributed to Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s live coverage as sideline reporter.
Salazar’s other experience includes two years as a sports anchor and reporter for WHSV-TV (ABC) in Winchester, Va., from 2006 to 2008, and with WDNN-TV in Dalton, Ga., from 2005 to 2006. His first position in sports media was as an intern for Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s news department in 2003.
Salazar attended Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Md., and earned a degree in broadcast communications from Westminster College (Pa.). Salazar can be followed on Twitter at @SebiSalazarCSN.
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, part of NBC Sports Regional Networks, is the official sports network of the NFL’s Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens, NHL’s Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, MLS’s D.C. United, Atlantic Coast Conference and Colonial Athletic Association. Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic – the leading multiplatform sports media organization serving the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia – delivers more than 500 live events per year, along with Emmy Award-winning news, analysis and entertainment programming, to more than 4.7 million homes. Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic’s digital media portfolio, highlighted by CSNWashington.com and CSNBaltimore.com, is the region’s top online source for written, video and interactive sports content. Follow Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic on Twitter at @CSNMA.
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