XECT-AM is a radio station on

1190 AM The following radio broadcasting, radio stations broadcast on AM broadcasting, AM frequency 1190 kHz: 1190 AM is a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency. KEX (AM), KEX in Portland, Oregon, and XEWK-AM, XEWK in Guadalajara, Jalisc ...

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

. Mexico. The station is owned by Núcleo Radio Monterrey and currently is known as "La Voz", a Christian radio format.

History

XECT received its concession on August 20, 1971. Owned by Clemente Serna Alvear, of the Serna family that founded

Radio Programas de México Radio Programas de México (RPM) was a radio company of Mexico, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Clemente Serna Martínez in 1941. It was a pioneer in the expansion of Mexican radio, particularly in the creation of radio networks. RPM, ...

in the 1940s, XECT was a 500-watt daytimer. Serna transferred the station to Canal 1190, S.A., in 1975. In the early 1990s, XECT went from broadcasting with 500 watts during the day and 100 at night to its current power levels by way of technical changes authorized in 1992 and 1998.

References

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