Otto Oppenheimer (television personality)
Otto Oppenheimer (born 10 February, 1965) is a Puerto Rican television personality. Oppenheimer, who dedicates himself to inform viewers about technology on television, has spent more than 40 years on Puerto Rican television. Since 2022, he has been featured on Telenoticias en Accion, a Telemundo Puerto Rico news show.[1] He is the host of a segment named "Ottotecnologia" on that show.[2]
Biography[edit]
Oppenheimer is a native of the northwestern Puerto Rican city of Aguadilla. At the young age of 14, he became a television show host and producer, on a locally produced television musical show named "Imagen y Sonido", which was televised from Aguadilla on a television station named WOLE-TV.[1]
A few years later, Oppenheimer went to study at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, where he intended to study engineering. But Oppenheimer soon discovered that he really enjoyed communications better, so he transferred to the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Santurce, a ward of San Juan, instead.
WAPA-TV[edit]
During the early 1980s, Oppenheimer joined canal 4, a Puerto Rican television channel.[3] He participated at various television shows during his 40-year tenure at Canal 4, usually presenting new technologies and technological advances to the television viewing public.
Eventually, Oppenheimer landed a spot on WAPA-TV's (by now known as "Televicentro Puerto Rico") midday variety show, "Pegate al Mediodia".[4] This spot was named "Tecnologia con Otto".[5]
Telemundo Puerto Rico[edit]
In 2022, it was announced that Oppenheimer was moving to Televicentro's main competitor, Telemundo Puerto Rico, to participate on their news show, "Telenoticias en Accion", with a segment named "Ottotecnologia" ("Otto's Technology")
Style[edit]
Oppenheimer is known for his comedic, sometimes irreverent style of informing. On one instance during his days at Televicentro Puerto Rico, he made a joke using the name of his then co-host, the late reporter Keylla Hernandez. Hernandez showed discomfort at the joke, which was shown on Kobbo Santarrosa's gossip show, "SuperXclusivo".[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b VOCERO, Jan Figueroa Roqué, EL (July 11, 2023). "Otto Oppenheimer recuerda sus inicios en la televisión y cómo nació su pasión por la tecnología". El Vocero de Puerto Rico.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ PR • •, Por TELEMUNDO (May 31, 2022). "Otto Oppenheimer se une a la gran familia de Telemundo".
- ^ "Otto Oppenheimer se integra a Telemundo Puerto Rico". El Nuevo Día. May 31, 2022.
- ^ "Tecnología con Otto". WAPA.TV. March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Tecnología con Otto". WAPA.TV. October 26, 2020.
- ^ "SuperXclusivo - Keylla se molesta por chiste de Otto Oppenheimer" – via www.youtube.com.