Career
He is currently the anchor for Noticiero Telemundo, the Telemundo network"s news program, as well as the network"s public affairs Sunday morning program Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart. He is also anchor of Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company Live from 9-11am eastern, as well as one of the rotating Saturday anchors of National Broadcasting Company Nightly News. In August 1996 he made history by becoming the first Cuban-American to host a network news program when he became anchor for the Columbia Broadcasting System News program This Morning.
He co-hosted Telemundo Network"s first morning news and entertainment show, "Esta Mañana," as well as its public affairs show "Cada Día."
Diaz-Balart is the recipient of a national Emmy for his work with Telemundo Network.
Media 100 has named him best anchor three times, and Hispanic Business Magazine named him one of the "100 most influential people in the United States." He was given the Silver Circle Award by the National Academy of Television Sciences in 2010. As of June 2011, Diaz-Balart has filled in for Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company anchor Contessa Brewer in the 12pm time slot, hosting the one-hour program Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company Live.
Foreign the second time Diaz-Balart made history when he substituted for Brewer on Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company Live for the week of June 20 through 24, 2011 in the show’s 12 Prime Minister time slot, making him the first United States. journalist to broadcast both English and Spanish newscasts on two networks simultaneously. On May 20, 2014, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company announced that Diaz-Balart would begin hosting the 10 Department of Administration and Management news hour beginning in mid-June.
He replaced Chris Jansing, the newly-named National Broadcasting Company News Senior White House Correspondent.
lieutenant was announced on November 10, 2014, that Diaz-Balart would be taking over hosting duties on The Daily Rundown on November 17, 2014, with the program expanding to two hours, essentially absorbing Diaz-Balart"s eponymous show that had previously aired during the second hour. The Daily Rundown would later become known as Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company Live with Jose Diaz-Balart as part of a wider restructuring of Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s dayside programming. January 23 and January 24 2016 he guest co-anchored National Broadcasting Company"s Weekend Today.
Díaz-Balart is the son of Rafael Diaz-Balart y Gutierrez (a former Cuban politician).
He has three brothers, Rafael Diaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Diaz-Balart (a United States representative) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (a former United States representative).