Media All-Star: Tom Castro

“Tom Castro admits his radio career began as a “fluke” in 1979, at age 25. The opportunity to buy a station in Phoenix fell into his lap when the still-unknown Tichenor radio family was in the market to unload a Hispanic radio station. At the time, the Tichenors did not believe that Spanish-language radio had a future. McHenry Tichenor Jr. would later be instrumental in the development of Latin radio and preside over Hispanic Broadcasting Corp., which would become Univision Radio.

Castro had invested in an oil field equipment company, but didnt think twice and pooled resources and contacts to buy the station. “

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