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A resolution honoring the life of Hispanic community leader and journalist Eliud Trevi?o.
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WHEREAS, prominent Hispanic community member and leader Eliud Trevi?o passed away on January 23, 2022 at the age of 77; and
WHEREAS, Eliud Trevi?o was born to Mexican parents Cruz and Maria Trevi?o on January 10, 1945 and grew up in Odessa, Texas; and
WHEREAS, he moved to Nashville in 1994 and subsequently began his successful career in media by renting three hours of studio time in the evening at WNQM, a gospel station by day; and
WHEREAS, Trevi?o played selections of his favorite music and eventually ran a very successful daily broadcast from 6:30 p.m. to midnight on weekdays and overnight on weekends. According to a 1999 article in The Tennessean, Trevi?o's Radio Melodias broadcast had between 15,000 and 20,000 listeners each night; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, Trevi?o founded El Crucero de Tennessee, a Spanish language weekly newspaper, later incorporated as El Crucero Entertainment LLC, and became its president and publisher; and
WHEREAS, El Crucero was one of the first sources of information for the Spanish speaking community in Tennessee; and
WHEREAS, Trevi?o's work and career was recognized by the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and he received their Media Excellence Award in 2006 and their "Ganas" in Entrepreneurship Award in 2019; and
WHEREAS, Trevi?o was an active member of the community and loved to support his neighborhood church, St. Edwards, in South Nashville. He served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Tennessee Advisory Committee, the Mental Health Association Board, Metro Nashville's Emergency Communications District Board, and was appointed to Metro's Procurement Standards Board in 2000 during Mayor Bill Purcell's administration; and
WHEREAS, Trevi?o was a strong supporter of Unamonos, a local civic organization founded by community advocate and immigration attorney Mario Ramos. Trevi?o also fostered the first League of Unit...
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