This Wednesday (10/30), the band announced that José Luiz Datena will leave the command of Brasil Urgente. The station recalled that the presenter remains in the house, with a current contract for another two years.
“By mutual agreement, the communicator abandons the presentation of Brasil Urgente, an attraction that he commanded with mastery and a large audience and that he now continues with his son Joel Datena,” says an excerpt from the text.
The motivation for the couple’s decision would have been Datena’s candidacy for mayor of São Paulo. At the time, the police news program lost its audience with the departure of the famous man, regaining its audience with the arrival of Joel, who is the veteran’s son.
“The Band reinforces the ties of friendship with the professional, who has a highly successful career in the Bandeirantes Group for more than 20 years,” they highlighted.
The idea is that Datena is in charge of an attraction focused on entertainment. The station’s management will meet in January next year to deliberate on the new project.
Read the full official note:
“The band has enormous affection for the presenter José Luiz Datena and reinforces the ties of friendship with the professional, who has had a very successful career in the Bandeirantes Group for more than 20 years.
By mutual agreement, the communicator abandons the presentation of Brasil Urgente, an attraction that he commanded with mastery and a large audience and that now continues with his son Joel Datena. For 2025, the station is already negotiating with José Luiz Datena the creation of projects in entertainment, an area in which it already operates successfully.”