Sonny Melendrez

Dean McFlicker: How To Get What You Want

Regarded as one of the leading marketing experts in Hollywood, Dean McFlicker is a top-level television executive and international keynote speaker.  At NBC, Dean is Senior Vice President and Creative Director of Live Events and Promotional Programming for the Original Production, Entertainment Marketing group. He is an award­‐winning producer and director of countless campaigns for some…

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Jesse Cole: Find Your Yellow Tux – How To Be Successful By Standing Out

Jesse Cole is the owner of the Savannah Bananas. The Savannah, Georgia team currently have sold out every baseball game for three straight seasons and have a waiting list in the thousands for tickets. In this nugget-filled episode, Jesse chats with Sonny about how to take a business from nothing (he started with 2 season…

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Gavin Edwards: Kindness and Wonder – Why Mister Rogers Matters More Today Than Ever

Sonny spends time with NY Times best-selling author, Gavin Edwards. His new book, “Kindness and Wonder – Why Mister Rogers Matters More Today Than Ever” is a pop culture celebration of Fred Rogers and the enduring legacy of his beloved, award-winning PBS show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood that offers essential wisdom to help us in our…

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Rita Moreno: An American Treasure

Rita Moreno is an American treasure. She is the first performer to have won a Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy: an Oscar for West Side Story in 1961; a 1972 Grammy Award for her contribution to “The Electric Company”‘s soundtrack album; a Tony Award in 1975 for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for “The…

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Whitney Allen: Making It to The Big Time

In February of 1977, my friend, singer/songwriter, Alan O’day called and asked if I wanted to premiere his new song, “Undercover Angel,” on my radio show on KMPC in Los Angeles. When I heard the song, I told Alan, that it was a “mega-hit” and said I had an idea of how we could have…

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Jean Longwith Broadcast Scholarship

Sonny visits with San Antonio College student, Angela Quillian, Deborah Martin from Alamo Colleges and broadcast veteran, Arch Campbell who helped start the Jean Longwith Endowment – a scholarship fund for students seeking a career in broadcasting. Angela is a former recipient of the Jean Longwith Scholarship.  Sonny and Arch were in Ms. Longwith’s first…

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Gary the Showman

Gary Garcia is known as Gary the Showman for a good reason. His Las Vegas style of performing has audiences cheering and shouting for more. Listen as Sonny chats with Gary about his “overnight-success” that has taken 20 years achieve.  Gary shares: The serendipitous adventure that took him from San Antonio, Texas to Hollywood What it…

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Welcome to The New SonnyRadio.com!

SonnyRadio.com began in 2001, as a way to deliver positive and entertaining radio to our listeners in San Antonio, Texas. Then, something remarkable happened. We posted a video of a small dog, titled, “Dog Saves Dog.” Freeway cameras in Chile captured the sight of a dog lying in middle of traffic after being hit by…

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