XERT-AM (1170
kHz
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) is a Spanish-language
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
that serves the
McAllen, Texas
McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States, and the 22nd-most populous city in Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexico–United States border. The city limits extend ...
(USA) /
Reynosa, Tamaulipas
Reynosa () is a border city in the northern part of the state of Tamaulipas, in Mexico. It is also the municipal seat of Reynosa Municipality.
The city is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in the international Reynosa–McAllen Met ...
(Mexico) border area. XERT is a
daytime only station because
1170 AM is a United States
clear-channel
A clear-channel station is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from Interference (communication), interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The syste ...
frequency.
History
XERT's original concession dates to July 7, 1943. It was owned by Ignacio Magallón Valdivia and broadcast on 590 kHz before moving to 1170.
External links
raiostationworld.com; Radio stations serving the Rio Grande Valley
References
Radio stations in Reynosa
Radio stations established in 1943
Daytime-only radio stations in Mexico
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