On May 25, 2022, RBR+TVBR shared the story of Mario Rangel, a key employee at COVID-19-impacted South Texas Radio and the chief of the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Department in Uvalde, Tex. Rangel had just departed the elementary school his daughter attends when a gunman entered the school and opened fire. His daughter was safe; 19 Robb Elementary students perished.
Roughly one month later, another crisis arrived for Rangel: South Texas Radio ceased operations. In August 2022, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico-based Francisco Javier Navarro struck a deal to acquire the company’s three Uvalde stations, and an AM/FM combo in Eagle Pass, where South Texas Radio is based.
Now, Navarro is selling the stations.
