Talk:Guillermo José Torres

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Early years
He was born in the city of Ponce into a working-class family. In his adolescent years, Torres and his family moved to Mercedita district of Ponce, near the Mercedita Airport.

Torres' brother, Carlitos, was a show host at a local radio station in Ponce. Torres tagged along one night and he was impressed by the equipment at the station. Torres was sent by his brother Carlos to throw out some papers containing old news, but Torres took the papers to another room instead, reading them aloud. His brother discovered Torres's talents by opening the microphones near which Torres was sitting. Torres was not heard by a live audience, his performance at that moment could only be heard by those occupying the studio; however, his brother was so impressed that he encouraged Torres to audition for national radio stations.

Career in Radio Broadcasting
Torres then moved to San Juan, where he met Julio Torres Soto, a show host at WKAQ-Radio, who became like a brother to Torres. Torres Soto, ironically, found a job for Torres at WKAQ's rival station, WAPA-Radio, owned by WAPA-TV.

While his popularity across Puerto Rico began to grow, Torres was called to serve the United States military, so he enlisted in the Army and participated in the Vietnam War. Later on, he also served with the Puerto Rico National Guard. When he returned to Puerto Rico in 1967, he married his girlfriend Mirna. He returned to his radio job; WAPA-TV, however, wanted to find a new television news man. Torres then went to a conference where he met WAPA-TV cameraman Agripino Segarra, who told him that he had fixed an appointment for Torres at WAPA-TV for that afternoon. He was hired as a news reporter for Noticentro 4 immediately.

Debut as a news anchor man
Torres then experienced a wave of personal and professional triumphs, beginning with the birth of his daughter Daynna. He worked alongside Tommy Muniz as co-host of Borinquen Canta, and he was asked by Luis Vigoreaux to do the voice announcements for the sponsors of Pa rriba Papi, pa rriba! (this job did not require Torres to appear on camera, what he had to do was announce products as the products were shown to the tele-viewer). Torres also became the anchor man of Noticentro 4s weekend program.

In the 1970s, Torres was named anchor man of the daily news shows. He was later joined by Enrique Cruz, Luz Nereida Velez, Pedro Rosa Nales and Rafael Bracero, among others. Torres was also director of the news department at WAPA-TV for a short interval. As such, he was responsible for narrating the tragic fall of highwire walker Karl Wallenda from a wire placed between two towers of an hotel in San Juan in 1978. The video, featuring the anguished narration of the fall by Torres, traveled the world over.

Later years
In the early 1980s, Torres was substituted by Cruz as director of the news department. Nevertheless, he still continues as an anchor man for Noticentro 4.

Guillermo José Torres: El Hombre Ancla de Noticias de más años en La Televisión, según el Libro Guinness.Viva Puerto Rico.
José Pipo Peñalver (talk) 23:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC) Hoy Puerto Rico, le dice hasta pronto, a nuestro amigo Guillermo José Torres, El Caballero de La Noticia. Ha sido incluído en el Libro Guinness como El Hombre Ancla de más Años en la Televisión Mundial. Me honran tus logros, me enorgullece ser tu amigo. Gracias por tu respaldo y bondad. Te deseo mucha salud, prosperidad, felicidad y larga, larga vida en la nueva etapa que hoy comienzas. Gracias Guillermo, mil bendiciones. Viva Puerto Rico. Nunca te olvidaremos, bendiciones te desea, tu amigo José Pipo Peñalver. José Pipo Peñalver (talk) 23:36, 5 August 2013 (UTC)