{"id":854159,"date":"2026-08-13T20:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854159\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:22:23","slug":"football-set-to-return-to-radio-throughout-the-valley-and-laredo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/854159\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Set to Return to Radio Throughout the Valley and Laredo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TOR04092.jpg\" alt=\"Vaqueros Entrance Ceremony\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        Football&#13;<br \/>\n                        8\/13\/2026 10:36:00 AM&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                  &#13;<br \/>\n                    All Games to be Carried on ESPN+&#13;<br \/>\n                                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     RIO GRANDE VALLEY \u2013 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics announced on Thursday that, for the second year in a row, all UTRGV football games will be broadcast in English on Ultra 90.1 FM in the Rio Grande Valley and Pure Country 95.7 FM in Laredo while all home games will be broadcast in Spanish throughout the Rio Grande Valley and northern Mexico on KYWW 1530 AM Puro Tejano and KGBT-FM 98.5 La Preferida as part of the Vaqueros Sports Network.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAdditionally, all games will be available to watch on ESPN+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEnglish Radio<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe broadcasts on Ultra 90.1 FM and Pure Country 95.7 FM are part of a continuation of a partnership with Radio United. Pregame coverage begins 30 minutes prior to scheduled kickoff.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAll broadcasts will also be available online through the Radio Para Mi App in the UTRGV Vaqueros section.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUltra 90.1 FM (XHRYS) is a 100,000-watt adult contemporary station that mainly caters to those in the 25-to-54 age range. The station has a coverage map that blankets the Rio Grande Valley in three counties, extending as far west as La Grulla, as far east as Brownsville and South Padre Island, north of Raymondville and Linn, getting as far north as Rudolph, and as far south as San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPure Country 95.7 FM (XHBK) is a powerful station that plays country currents, recent and gold, also catering to those in the 25-to-54 age range. The station has a coverage map that not only covers Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, but also extends as far south as San Ygnacio, as far east as Mirando City, as far west as La Bota, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and north of Bonanza Hills.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nJoe Bowling (play-by-play) and Jonathan Medina (color commentary) return for their second season as the English radio announcers.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSpanish Radio<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe broadcasts on KYWW 1530 AM Puro Tejano and KGBT-FM 98.5 La Preferida are part of a continuation of a partnership with Latino Media Network. Coverage begins at scheduled kickoff time.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAll broadcasts will also be available online through the Uforia: Radio, Podcast, Music app by searching for KYWW, Puro Tejano 1530 AM.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBroadcasting with 50,000 watts, KYWW delivers wall-to-wall Tejano classics \u2013 from Selena and La Mafia to Emilio Navaira \u2013 across the entire Rio Grande Valley. This revival brought the storied 1530 AM frequency back to life with a sound that is proudly local and deeply cultural. With &#8220;Puro Tejano,&#8221; LMN reclaims a beloved genre for a new generation of listeners while honoring its legacy.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAs one of the Valley&#8217;s strongest FM signals, KGBT-FM 98.5 has reestablished itself as the top-rated regional Mexican station under the banner &#8220;La Preferida.&#8221; Broadcasting with a booming 100,000 watts, it reaches from Edinburg to Roma and deep into northern Mexico. Since its integration into the Latino Media Network in early 2024, La Preferida has solidified its reputation as the go-to station for m\u00fasica regional,<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPedro Leija (play-by-play) and Nicol\u00e1s Quintero (color commentary) return for their second season as the Spanish radio announcers.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nESPN+<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn Aug. 2025, the Southland Conference and ESPN agreed to a six-year extension of their long-standing media rights collaboration, solidifying the league&#8217;s place on the biggest stage in college sports broadcasting. The agreement delivers unprecedented visibility for Southland student-athletes, coaches, and programs \u2013 anchored by a robust slate of nationally televised games and hundreds of Southland digital events annually across ESPN platforms. Fans can enjoy the full Southland experience on ESPN+ and the ESPN App, where a robust lineup of high-quality, school-produced broadcasts offers nonstop action and front-row access to hundreds of events across every sport throughout the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAll UTRGV home games and Southland Conference football games can be found on ESPN+. Additionally, UTRGV&#8217;s two non-conference road games are both set to be broadcast on ESPN+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMark May (play-by-play), Aaron Saenz (color commentary), and Jaeda Rael (sideline reporter) return for their second season as UTRGV&#8217;s home ESPN+ football broadcast crew.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/give.utrgv.edu\/athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support UTRGV Football<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTRGVAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become a Fan on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoUTRGV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on X<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/goutrgv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/goutrgvathletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on YouTube<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Football&#13; 8\/13\/2026 10:36:00 AM&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-854159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}