What is Pedro Erquicia?
[[File:Pedro Erquicia 2012 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Erquicia in 2012]] '''Pedro Erquicia López de Montenegro''' (24 March 1943 – 20 April 2018) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] journalist and television producer. He was born in [[San Sebastián]], [[Gipuzkoa]], [[Spain]]. His career began in 1956 when he began working for [[Televisión Española]]. He hosted the TVE's newscast ''[[Telediario]]'' (1972-1973). In 1973 Erquicia created one of the longest running programs in Spanish television: ''[[Informe Semanal]]''. In 1987 he was fired by TVE and later he joined the then recently created public broadcaster [[Telemadrid]]. In April 2008, Erquicia announced his retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/372864/0/pedro/erquicia/tve/|title=Pedro Erquicia, el creador de 'Informe Semanal', se jubila tras 43 años en TVE|first=|last=20Minutos|date=25 April 2008|website=20minutos.es - Últimas Noticias}}</ref> He died ten years later, on 20 April 2018 in [[Madrid]] of a long-illness at the age of 75.<ref>[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/04/20/actualidad/1524213956_145366.html Muere Pedro Erquicia, histórico periodista de TVE, a los 75 años] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Erquicia, Pedro}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Spanish journalists]] [[Category:Spanish television presenters]] [[Category:Television producers]]