Héctor Marcano (born November 3, 1956) is a Puerto Rican producer, host, actor, and comedian. Marcano is also an owner of low-power television station

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Channel 38. Hector Marcano currently serves as Vice President of Hispanic Operations East, for

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. Marcano works with iHeartMedia's Hispanic radio stations, with a special focus in the

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, and

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markets.

Early years

Héctor Marcano was born in

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Career

Marcano's career took off after

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's death. He started hosting ''A Millón'', a Puerto Rican game show, along with

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and

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. The show was rated the number one

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for several years. In 1987, alongside '' El Gangster'' Marcano performed as host of

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's ''La Hora de Oro''. In the same year, Marcano had a highly publicized wedding to Ivette Rivera-Lisojo. The wedding was shown live on Puerto Rican

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, a local show biz magazine, produced a ''wedding album'' about the event. In 1990, Marcano moved to

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to start a new show '' Marcano... el show''. The show was both popular and controversial, being accused of being a copycat of ''

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''. In 1996, Marcano moved to

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and produced a new game show called ''Vale Más'', and in 1998, another show called ''El Super Show''. In 2000, he moved to Tele-Once but continued with ''El Super Show'' for a while. Later in 2000 Marcano created ''Que Suerte que es Domingo''. This show underwent two title changes: ''Que Suerte Tienes Tú'', and in 2002, ''Que Suerte'', his longest running show, and top in the ratings consequently, broadcast by

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. It was broadcast in Puerto Rico and in the Miami, New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas via their respective Univision affiliates. In 2011, the show moved to Telemundo and was renamed ''Factor Suerte''. In 2016, Marcano was appointed to the Board of Directors of Viva Entertainment Group, Inc. On May 25, 2020, Marcano returns to the Puerto Rican television airwaves, hosting the new talk show, titled ''MegaNoche'' which will broadcast from his home in Orlando and will be air live from Puerto Rico on Mega TV-owned station

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at 7:00 pm on weekdays.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marcano, Hector Living people Puerto Rican television personalities Puerto Rican comedians American television talk show hosts Male actors from Ponce, Puerto Rico 1956 births Puerto Rican television producers Puerto Rican television hosts

Early years

Career

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