Reyes, Domingo Nick

Domingo Nick Reyes, radio and television broadcaster, social activist, and political and business consultant, was born on September 8, 1928 in Cameron, Texas. At age 17 he enlisted in the Army where he learned radio broadcasting. After leaving the Army in 1949, Reyes continued his career in broadcasting. From 1951-1960 he worked at radio and television stations in North Carolina, Florida, and in Texas, where he was the host of a bandstand show called Teen Time. Reyes worked as Program Director for TG-BOL AM/FM-TV (3) in Guatemala (1960-1961) and was News Writer and Director-Producer for KOAT-TV (7) in New Mexico (1961-1963). Reyes also worked at KXYZ-AM/FM in Houston as News Writer and Announcer (1963-1964).

Reyes served as Special Assistant to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where he conducted studies and prepared reports (1967-1968). As President of A Total Media Systems, Inc. (ATM) (1969-1973), a communications consulting firm, he conducted broadcast content monitoring studies, and conducted the First National Business Development Conference for the Department of Commerce’s Office of Minority Business Enterprise. Reyes produced a variety of mass media products, public relations programs, and audio-visual materials while serving as the Director of Production for United Way of America (1973-1975). While serving as the Acting Director of the Institute for the Study of the Hispanic American in U.S. Life and History, Inc. Reyes researched and wrote a report that provided a scholarly approach for the study of the contributions of Hispanics to the United States (1975-1978).

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