Cuyler Frank

Cuyler Frank is from Blackhouse Valley, NM, a small community on the Navajo Nation where he grew up and attended School at Newcomb, NM. Cuyler’s first language is the Navajo Language, and he is also a first-generation college student. He has been very influential in radio broadcasting at the Tribal Colleges and University (TCU) levels and specifically at Dine College and Navajo Technical University.

Cuyler graduated with his undergraduate degree in Communication Studies in 2006, then earned his graduate degree in 2010. On September 23, 2005, at New Mexico State University he broadcasted his first ever NCAA D1 college football game in the Navajo language when the Aggies faced a nationally ranked Cal Golden Bears. This was Cuyler’s calling into the broadcast industry and found his place as a sportscaster in the Navajo language. After nine seasons as the Navajo language play caller he moved home and became a Public Relations Officer for Dine College and was part of a team that re-established the radio station.

At Dine College he was instrumental in re-establishing its low power FM radio station KXWR and currently is the General Manager at NTU’s KCZY radio in Crownpoint, NM. At KCZY radio station he broadcasts local high school football and basketball as well as the university’s basketball games. The university launched their basketball for men and women basketball in 2022 and compete in the region with the United States Collegiate Athletic Association. Not only does Cuyler broadcast for the teams he has also extended his skills into rodeo where he also was the first Navajo language broadcaster at the 2023 and 2024 College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, WY.

Cuyler continues to broadcast the New Mexico rivalry basketball and football games annually. He also broadcasts the annual New Mexico Bowl, a college bowl game that hosts two college football games in Albuquerque, NM. His notable broadcasts are the high school state football and basketball games.