Lowell Galindo Named New ESPNU Signature Anchor

ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, named Lowell Galindo as its new signature anchor. Galindo will anchor ESPNU's studio programming from Charlotte, N.C., headquarters of ESPN Regional Television (ERT) which handles the primary production responsibilities for ESPNU. His assignments will include hosting stand-alone specials and studio shows such as SportsCenterU, ESPNU Inside The Polls, ESPNU Coaches Spotlight and ESPNU Recruiting Insider. In addition, Galindo’s responsibilities will include pre-game shows, halftimes and postgame hosting duties for many of ESPNU’s live events.

“It’s a dream come true,” Galindo said. “Any sportscaster when thinking of the pinnacle of sports, you think ESPN. To be selected as the new anchor for ESPNU is even more exciting because I am a college football fanatic. ESPNU is breaking new ground in college sports.”

“As the new face of our network, Lowell brings great energy, talent and a fresh perspective,” said Burke Magnus, ESPNU vice president and general manager. “His passion and solid on-air skills will certainly connect with college sports fans.”

Galindo has already been featured on ESPNU in early August for its college football media day coverage. He returned to the air this week as the host of ESPNU’s college football conference preview shows alongside analysts Todd McShay and Tom Luginbill. He will cover preview shows for the Big East (Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m. ET), Big 12 (Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m.), Pac-10 (Aug. 23 at 6:30 p.m.), SEC (Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m.) and the National Preview Show (Aug. 26 at 6:30 p.m.).

Prior to joining ESPNU, Galindo worked as a sports reporter and producer for WTTG-TV (Washington, D.C.), WWSB-TV (Sarasota, Fla.) and KSNF-TV (Joplin, Mo.). He also served as an intern for ESPN in 2002.

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Galindo was graduated from Emerson College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism.

ESPNU

ESPNU was launched on March 4, 2005. The network features extensive studio programming and live coverage of games, including college football, college basketball and other Olympic sports from over 20 Division I conferences such as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Atlantic 10, Big 12, BIG EAST, Big South, Big Ten, Horizon League, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), Southland, Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and more. The network also has a wide-ranging, long-term agreement with the NCAA calling for enhanced coverage of 22 NCAA Championships, showcasing sports from each of the three collegiate seasons. ESPNU also has exclusive re-air rights to games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN Regional television programming.

In addition, ESPNU.com, the companion to the ESPNU college sports television network, is the online destination for college sports content, including news, information, extensive online video and audio and more.

ESPNU has secured distribution agreements with Charter, Cox, DIRECTV (Channel 609), Echostar’s DISH Network (Channel 148), Insight Communications, Mediacom, Time Warner, Verizon, many smaller affiliates and is close to distribution agreements with others. The 24-hour television network is the key component of the multimedia ESPNU initiative that also delivers college sports content across ESPN’s family of services, such as ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Radio, ESPN360.com, merchandising and more.

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