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Hernandez studied at Abilene Christian College (now Abilene Christian University) to obtain his Federal Communications Commission 3^rd class broadcasting license, which allowed him to broadcast. However, he was required to have a person with a 1^st class license in the studio. His first break in Spanish broadcasting came at KWFA AM in Merkel, Texas in 1960. John Curtis, the station general manager, believed in giving Hernandez the opportunity to have a Spanish language program on a part-time basis. "El Programa con Manuel Hernandez" started in the early 1960s with a thirty- minute program Monday-Friday and on Sunday afternoons. Hernandez recalled, "the station was on the air from sun up to sun down and my program was the last program to sign off each day". Hernandez played the latest "en la musica Chicano" or "Tex-Mex" which is now known as Tejano Music. There were plenty of popular Tejano artists such as Little Joe and the Latinaires, Sunny and the Sunliners, Joe Bravo, Agustin Ramirez, Gilbert and the Blue Notes, Latin Breed, Shorty and Corvettes, Los Relampagos and many others. As a result of the large quantity of music material, the program needed more air time. Hernandez returned to Abilene Christian and obtained his FCC 1^st class license so he could broadcast in the studio without a mentor. Hernandez moved to a one hour Spanish language program that aired Saturday and Sunday morning on KRBC 1470 AM. The broadcast at KRBC AM radio aired from February 15, 1978 to October 4, 1983. 
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