> > Sonny suffered a mild stroke back in the mid-1990's, which
>
> > slightly affected his speech. He briefly came out of
> > retirement about 5 years ago and returned to his morning
> > position on KTEX (co-hosting with Patches), but it didn't
> > last long. Don't know what happened to him after that.
> >
> > I remember when I moved to the RGV in 1990, KTEX was
> pulling
> > incredible numbers (over a 20) when guys like Sonny, Kenny
>
> > and Frankie (who still does mid-mornings) ruled the
> > airwaves!
> >
> Yeah I look at my Patches and the Goon coffie mug sometimes
> and wonder whatever happened to him?
> Your right he did come back 6 years ago. But any of you
> remember how his came back came about?
> Lets rewind our minds to August 1?, 1999.…..
> It was a typical morning at KTEX, Patches and Jane O’Lexy
> in the morning, things were goin well until their computer
> messed up. Patches mentioned Garth Brooks-”Shameless” then
> the computer played some classic song from the 70’s. Next
> song he mentioned was a Tracy Lawrence song, it then played
> a classic country song. It kept doing that a few times
> throughout the day. And then a mysterious computerized voice
> came on the air. The DJ’s kept asking who it was, the voice
> would never say. He kept coming on every so often for the
> next few days, soon to be a week and a half. Never
> mentioning his name but his statements always referred to
> playing more classic country. That’s how it was for the next
> week and a half. This scary, freaky, computerized voice on
> the radio. KTEX was hacked! They could play nothing but
> classic country 24/7. The mysterious voice came on every now
> and then saying he liked what he heard, but never mentioned
> his name. He’d hang up and the DJ’s would be left asking
> what the heck was this? Classic Country was played for about
> a whole week. It was then on Monday August 23, 1999, 7AM the
> RGV was feeling the wrath of Hurricane Bret. The mysterious
> man’s name would finally be revealed. The computer hacker
> was Sunny Laguna, he complained that he never heard any old
> songs on the radio it was all this new country stuff, KTEX
> then settled for playing more classic country now and then.
> And stated that Sunny would come back to KTEX soon.
>
> Sunny then came back to KTEX in the spring of 2000 to do
> mornings with Patches at KTEX. He would come in about 6:30am
> every morning, play his famous “Goon Toon” and then his
> classic country trivia, and then out by around 9am. He then
> left the Rio Trio in early 2001. No one knows where he
> went….
>
> Written by Tony James.
>
> Ah the good old days of KTEX. I sure do miss them. Patches
> and Frankie D are still what keep the station going strong.
> Props up to them and all else at KTEX!
>
> (please excuse my paragraph structure and how the sentences
> are arranged I’m not an Ace in English! LOL!)
>
Thanks for the information. It saddens me to hear about Sonny's stroke. I hope he's well and happy wherever he is now. I worked with him in the early '80s and he was a rare combination- a good jock, dedicated employee and decent human being. He always wanted to do it right and do it best. He took a lot of pride in that station.
His "return" to KTEX as you describe it, sounds like typical Sonny creativity and showmanship.
