Longhorn Radio Network

Created by the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Latin American Press Review and Latin American Review radio programs were broadcast as part of the Longhorn Radio Network. Covering all of Latin America and the Caribbean, the programs aired from 1973 to 1984.

Longhorn Radio Network operated out of the University of Texas' Communications Center in Austin, Texas. The Mexican American Experience series was produced in cooperation with the University of Texas' Center for Mexican American Studies. The Mexican American Experience radio programs are also available as digital audio streaming files through the Onda Latina Project, a joint collaboration among the School of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas Libraries, and the Center for Mexican American Studies to digitize and make available online for research purposes these programs related to Mexican American community and culture in the 1970s and 1980s. More information about the project as well as searchable and browsable audio files and summaries of each program can be found at Onda Latina Project .

Created by the Institute of Latin American Studies, the Latin American Review radio program was broadcast as part of the Longhorn Radio Network. Covering all of Latin America and the Caribbean, the program aired from 1973 to 1984. The program was primarily diveded into two segments, a news segment, dealing with reports from different parts of Latin America, and an interview segment, in which an individual or small group was interviewed. A diverse number of topics were covered including human rights abuses, economic conditions, music, popular culture, and the history and politics of the region. Originally airing as the Latin American Press Review the program had its title changed in 1976 to Latin American Review .