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Juan Carlos Etxeberria Steps Down After Eight Years as Teleberri Anchor

He will remain at Euskal Telebista to produce interviews, reports or other standalone news segments

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Overview

  • Etxeberria signed off his final Teleberri broadcast on July 30, concluding an eight-year run as ETB-2’s second-edition presenter.
  • He revived the vacant second-edition anchor role in summer 2017 after it disappeared following Julio Ibarra’s exit.
  • His tenure encompassed frontline reporting on the 2017 Barcelona attack and Catalan referendum and steering Teleberri 2 through its highest viewership during the pandemic.
  • Teleberri holds the top audience share among Euskadi’s news programs, with Etxeberria as its face during major regional and global events.
  • From September, he will transition into a newsroom role crafting interviews, reports and standalone news segments at the public broadcaster.