Ilia Calderón Chamat is a Colombian journalist and newscaster, born 1972 in Istmina, Chocó.
She majored in Social Work at Universidad de Antioquia.[1] She presented several news shows, first on regional channel Teleantioquia. In 1998 she went to national television for Noticiero CM&. Three years later, she went to Telemundo, where she hosted the Noticiero Telemundo weekend edition and a segment at the now defunct morning show Cada Día con María Antonieta.
In 2005 she underwent a successful operation to remove a tumour in her uterus.[2]
In March 2007 she left Telemundo to host Univision Primer Impacto's weekend edition.[3] In 2009 Primer Impacto's Host Fernando del Rincon was fired and Ilia became a regular co-host on the Monday-Friday edition with Barbara Bermudo leaving the weekend edition to Satcha Pretto.
In 2010 while still co-anchoring Primer Impacto she became the co-anchor of week day edition Univision's late evening newscast "Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna" airing at 11:30pm.
On June 3, 2011 it was announced that Pamela Silva Conde would be joining Primer Impacto, replacing Ilia Calderón who will stay on "Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna".[4]