XESPN is a radio station that serves the Tijuana-San Diego area. As of May 22, 2022, it is off the air.

800 AM The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 800 kHz: 800 AM is a Mexican clear-channel frequency. XEROK Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is the dominant station on 800 AM. See also List of broadcast station classes. In Argentina * LT4 ...

is Mexican

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, on which

XEROK-AM XEROK-AM (800 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. It is licensed to operate with a power of 150,000 watts on a carrier frequency of 800 kHz, although its new transmitter is now powered at 50,000 watts. ...

is the dominant Class A station.

History

The station came on air in April 1965 as XEMMM, named for its owner, Mario Marcos Mayans (part of the Mayans family that owns CBC). The station initially broadcast during the daytime only. XEMMM joined

ESPN Radio ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN". ...

in late

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, replacing XETRA, which had changed from

sports radio Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-ai ...

to adult standards some months earlier. In

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

, the

call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigne ...

changed to XESPN. (The XEMMM calls were moved to a station Cadena Baja California then owned in Mexicali, now

XEMMM-AM XEMMM-AM is a radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, broadcasting on 940 kHz. History XEWV-AM received its concession in March 1955. In 1974, Cadena Baja California bought XEWV-AM. The callsign was changed to XEMMM-AM in 2003 after the ...

940.) In

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, ESPN Radio moved to sister FM station

XHMORE XHMORE-FM (98.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Tijuana, Baja California. The station broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts and serves the Tijuana-San Diego radio market. The station is currently silent aft ...

while XESPN joined

ESPN Deportes Radio ESPN Deportes Radio was an American Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming included call-in talk shows and commentary from hosts about a full range of sporting events, including soccer, Amer ...

. On November 1, 2010, CBC ceased sports programming on XESPN and adopted a news/talk format programmed by

Grupo Imagen Grupo Imagen is a Mexican media conglomerate, part of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. History Grupo Imagen traces its roots to the foundation of XEDA-AM in June 1936. This station was acquired by José Luis Fernández Soto in 1962, and in the same y ...

. ESPN Deportes Radio is now available in the San Diego-Tijuana border region on

XESS-AM XESS-AM (620 kHz) is a radio station broadcasting from a transmitter in Puerto Nuevo, Baja California, Mexico, south of Tijuana. It is owned by Media Sports de México, S.A. de C.V., and broadcasts a split format of Spanish-language programming ...

620. Imagen's news programming was later replaced on XESPN with programming from

Radio Fórmula Radio Fórmula is a Mexican talk radio network. Founded in 1968, Radio Fórmula programs are broadcast on more than 100 stations in Mexico as well as several stations in the United States. It is the flagship product of Grupo Fórmula, which al ...

. On May 22, 2022, XESPN went off the air, and its programming was moved to online only.San Diego Targeting Mexican Licenses Move Online Only
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