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– XEB México DF
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I heard La B Grande de México in
1995 promoting their glorious past 71 años
de grandeza, so XEB must be one of the oldest
radio stations in Mexico, founded presumably in
1924. With an output power of 100 kilowatts XEB
is among the most common Mexican stations in Finland
and was first logged already in 1975. Part of
IMER, the station now has a website.
- 1270
– XERRT Ciudad Madero TM
XERRT is a station of Mexican music, which I heard
repeating the following slogan: La Fiesta
Mexicana está en Radio Ranchito. The station
belongs to a local network called Radio Grupo
del Golfo, comprising of seven stations, mostly
on AM. XERRT considers its primary coverage area
to extend only 60 kilometers from Ciudad Madero
(next to Tampico), but their location on the Gulf
Coast seems to make miracles. A tip for those
hunting this: local news is broadcast every hour
for five minutes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
to Saturday. A commercial break is aired every
15 minutes.
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- 1270
- XERPL León GJ
XERPL La Poderosa is among the most
common Mexican stations outside DF, but has been
a tough case to get verified. Finally in 2001
Markus Salonen received a reply from Héctor
Pulido Isas, who also replied to me. Héctor
doesn't even work for the station, but is authorized
by station manager Rogelio Esquerra to take care
of DXers' mail. XERPL claims to be the most popular
station of the region, thanks to the format of
pop music and football, which has a wide appeal.
- 1330
– XEAJ Saltillo CO
 XEAJ
is a family-run business. The station manager
(Director General) is (or at least was in 1996)
Juan Alberto Jaubert López, and the company's
name is Jaubert Agencia de Publicidad. My verification
was however signed by Gerente General, Ing. Humberto
Rojas Silva, who kindly included five cassettes
of their programming and a huge book on the primary
local tourist attraction, the cathedral! I heard
them using the slogan La Primera
along with the call-letters. The station prides
itself being on the air 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year, and live all the time, still run by only
18 people. XEAJ was founded in 1962.
- 1350
– XEQK México DF
You can't miss the ID for this one; a time announcement,
a time signal and a station identification are
given every minute. The rest of the programming
is filled with various comunicados. Information
on XEQK can be found on the Internet.
The ratings for La Hora Exacta are
bound to be minimal, but the station seems to
survive year after year. I've heard XEQK a couple
of times, but it is not the most common Mexican
on this frequency. XETB Radio Laguna
from Torreón CO is more frequent. Unfortunately,
as far as I know, no one in Finland has succeeded
in getting a verification from XETB.
- 1370
– XEMON Monterrey NL
XEMON belongs to Radio Fórmula Monterrey. I picked
up the station in 1993, without any music during
the 20 minutes that the station was audible. Identified
promptly on the top of the hour, also giving the
transmitter power, which used to be 10 kW, and
remains the same, at least according to the WRTH.
- 1380
– XECO México DF -
Back in 1995 XECO identified as La Nueva
Estación 1380, Radio Rama. The "new"
was probably a reference to changes in format
and ownership, as previously this Radiorama station
belonged to Núcleo Radio Mil. In 1998 XECO was
known as Romántica 1380. My e-mail
verification came from Sr. Roberto Armendariz
Pàez, Director de noticias y operaciones, from
the following address: sysrdm01@mail.internet.com.mx.
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- 1390
– XEXO Ciudad Mante TM
A commercial spot to Ciudad Mante revealed the
identity of this station, La Super Buena.
For me the second super buena part of the process
was getting a very friendly reply from Lic. Sergio
Braña A., Gerente Administrativo. XEXO belongs
to local group of 5 stations, Organización Radiofónica
Tamaulipeca. He mentions that you can get a 1-minute
spot for the price of 1 USD – sounds like a bargain
compared to the prices of DF, where it can cost
100 times more. But then again, stations in DF
probably have a far bigger and wealthier audience,
and that's what counts.
 
 
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