San Antonio, South Texas Tejano music fans mourn loss of TV host Johnny Canales

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During the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, music fans across the country tuned in weekly for the greatest showcase of Tejano music anywhere. Johnny Canales, host of the “The Johnny Canales Show,” was the heartbeat of that pioneering showcase.

– “There were so many groups that he would to invite ,” Irma Gutierrez, who helps operate Del Bravo Record Shop, told KSAT photojournalist Adam Higgins. “He wanted them to be exposed.”

Canales was born in Mexico and raised in Robstown. When he returned to the Coastal Bend after serving in the Army, he earned a job as a disc jockey at a Spanish-language station. Canales’ connection with music fans in South Texas never faded. KRIS, a Corpus Christi television station, was the first station to air Canales’ show for a TV audience. Before Univision began syndicating the show internationally in 1988, Canales taped the show at Brownsville television station KVEO,

Canales’ wit was another trademark. He also appeared in several advertisements for Bert Ogden car dealerships located across the Rio Grande Valley.Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.Myra Arthur is passionate about San Antonio and sharing its stories.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

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