I was born and raised in the RGV, cut my radio teeth while I attended Texas A&M, and worked in the RGV for 5 years in radio before moving to Austin. I grew up listening to B-104 and KRGV. I can remember one summer when they were both playing Madonna's "Holiday" at the same time. I recorded it! The days of waking up to The Mad Mexican and listening to Cindy Ramos do the news! Sonny Laguna doing mornings on KTEX...those were some good times.
Does anyone remember the "stunt" Gunnar pulled on KTEX to get KFRQ to flip to Rock on Halloween 1994? Remember Gunnar hanging up on Ben Trevino from Channel 4? THAT WAS GREAT RADIO!
I can honestly say that my radio days in the Valley were some of the best of my life. It was right before the big guys came into town. There was no voice tracking...you had to be in the studio to answer the phone, catch the ABC feed, play the next record or CD..and play those stupid carts of commercials. I know that I had a blast! And I miss those radio days. In fact, I can remember one contest I on my show that has since turned into a tradition that comes on every Friday at 2pm. We had those kind of liberties. We could put listeners on the air, ask them questions and be ourselves. Those were some good times.
I hope all my compadres in the RGV are doing great! God Bless..and have some El Pato for me!
