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On-Air Profiles
Our News & Weather Team
 Sergio Sanchez joined KURV in December 1995 as co-news anchor for "The Valley's Morning News". Between 1998 and 1999 Sergio worked as KURV News Director and recently served as interim Program Director. While at KURV, Sergio has received numerous awards from the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters including Best Reporter, Best Spot News by a Reporter, Best News Anchor, Best Investigative Report and Best Newscast. He is very active with KURV efforts that support community organizations and U.S. soldiers. You can hear and talk to Sergio on The Valley's Morning News weekdays 5:30am to 9am. 
 "Colonel Ray", is a career military officer who retired from the U.S. Army as a full Colonel in 2004. Colonel Ray comes from a military tradition that dates back to relatives who fought in every war and on both sides of the Civil War. Trained as an Infantry and Combat Engineer Officer, Paratrooper and Recondo specialist, he has served all over the world including combat tours in Central America, Bosnia and Iraq, where he was awarded a "Bronze Star". Upon his retirement in Southern California he became active in veterans affairs and was the keynote speaker for several large Memorial Day and Veterans Day Celebrations and also hosted a local daily radio talk show that covered a variety of topics from the War in Iraq and Afghanistan to local, state and national politics. In early 2008 Colonel Ray moved to the Rio Grande Valley and is new to the valley but not to Texas where he spent over ten years in San Antonio, El Paso and Corpus Christi. Immediately upon moving here, he again became involved in local veterans affairs and then joined KURV as a frequent guest host and military analyst. Colonel Ray says he and his wife, chose the Valley as the place they wanted to live. He brings a new "voice" to the valley and promises to share his experiences while making new friends.
 Tim Sullivan joined KURV as the station’s News Director in January 2000. Tim has more than 25 years of news broadcasting experience, starting his professional career as a student at the University of North Dakota. Tim has worked as a street reporter, anchor, assignments editor, and news director at radio stations and networks in North Dakota, California, and Texas. At KURV, Tim co-anchors "The Valley's Morning News". The rest of his day is spent digging for news stories and working to get the most up-to-date and accurate information to KURV listeners first. Tim has won numerous individual awards from the Associated Press for his reporting and news coverage. He also helped bring KURV its first Radio-Television News Directors Association regional Edward R. Murrow award for spot news coverage in 2005, as well as the Dallas Press Club’s Katie Award, also for coverage of spot news. When not at the radio station, Tim enjoys listening to all kinds of music, and watching baseball, hockey, and good movies.
 Romeo Cantu is an award-winning journalist who began his media career right here in the Rio Grande Valley, where he grew up. Along with his radio duties at KURV, Romeo is currently the Communications Director/Tax Sales Manager for the Perdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins & Mott Law Firm in McAllen. For more than 20 years, he’s been in the broadcasting business and won several local, state and national journalism awards, including two Emmy nominations.
He was even a big winner on “The Price Is Right!”
His professional career has taken him all across the U.S. border from Texas to California, where he’s worked for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and CNN affiliates. His most recent television job was at KGBT-TV in Harlingen, where for six years he worked as a News Anchor, Weathercaster and Reporter. He moved back to the Valley from Houston in 2003, where he had worked as the Senior Online News Editor for Click2Houston.com, the Web site for KPRC-TV. While in the Bayou City, Romeo reported on Tropical Storm Allison, which killed 22 people and caused more than $5 billion in damage. His coverage on the storm and other stories earned Romeo several awards, including four Lone Star Awards and two Texas Associated Press Awards. Romeo grew up in San Juan, attended PSJA High School and the University of Texas in Austin, where he received a degree in journalism. His professional career began at KRGV-TV in Weslaco, where he was an assignment editor and producer. While in the Valley, he won his first Texas Associated Press Award for covering one of the worst school bus accidents in Texas history in Alton. From the Valley, Romeo headed back to Austin, where he worked as an associate producer for KXAN-TV. He then moved on to West Texas, where he was hired as a weekend anchor and reporter at KOSA-TV in Odessa, Texas. While he was there, Romeo also hosted a Latin variety show called "Tiempo Tejano." Romeo next left the Lone Star State and worked as a reporter for KOLD-TV in Tucson, Ariz. But he wouldn't be gone for long, returning to El Paso where he was hired as the weekend anchor and reporter at KTSM-TV. After covering several stories along the U.S./Mexico border in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Romeo headed west to the farthest point of the border -- San Diego, where he worked as a reporter at KUSI-TV. Romeo said that he’s been looking at the opportunity of working back home in the Valley for several years. "I've learned so much covering the 2,000-mile stretch of the border from Brownsville to San Diego, and have noticed one constant factor – that everyone has a story. As a journalist, I strive to be the storyteller that lets their voices be heard."
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