Falfurrias and Brooks County were featured in a 2014 Latino USA story on illegal immigration in South Texas.
It has also received The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award; the Radio-Television News Directors Association's Edward R. Murrow Award; The Scripps Howard Foundation's National Journalism Award; The Gabriel Award; The Gracie Allen Award; and numerous awards from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters.
It was the predecessor to KUT-FM's Latino USA (launched in 1993), a radio program that Fregoso contributed to as a film critic in its early years.
USA | USA Today | Miss USA | Girl Scouts of the USA | USA Network | Communist Party USA | Fox Sports (USA) | Miss Teen USA | Miss North Carolina USA | Hispanic and Latino Americans | Miss New York USA | Philip Morris USA | Miss Kentucky USA | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Timex Group USA | Spoleto Festival USA | Miss USA 2005 | Miss Michigan USA | Harmony Gold USA | Miss USA 2006 | Miss Kansas USA | Heritage USA | Conference USA | Vive Latino | USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Socialist Party USA | Rocking the USA | Opryland USA | National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. | Miss West Virginia USA |
1993 - KUT celebrated its 35th anniversary and—in partnership with UT Austin's Center for Mexican American Studies and with major initial grants from The Ford Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—launched the national radio series Latino USA at a "Cinco de Mayo" reception in Washington, D.C., with President Clinton in attendance along with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and cabinet secretaries Federico Peña and Henry Cisneros.