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XEW-AM
XEW-AM (900 kHz) and XEW-FM (96.9 MHz) are commercial radio stations in Mexico City, Mexico, simulcasting a news/talk radio format branded as ''W Radio''. XEW serves as the flagship for other "W Radio" stations around Mexico that carry some or all of its programs. The stations feature frequent news segments, talk and sports shows, with some music heard overnight and weekends. XEW-AM is a Class A clear channel station broadcasting at 100,000 watts, one of the highest powered AM stations in North America. The non-directional antenna is off Avenida Independencia in the La Magdalena Atlicpac neighborhood in La Paz. XEW-FM is a Class C1 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 51,190 watts. History XEW-AM XEW began regular broadcasts at 20:00 CST on . Broadcasting from a room (later to become a proper studio) at the Olympia Cinema on 16 September Street in Mexico City, it initially was powered at only 5,000 watts. This was increased to 50,000 watts by 1934. With th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiópolis
Radiópolis (incorporated as Sistemas Radiópolis, S.A. de C.V.) is a Mexican radio broadcast company that owns AM radio, AM and FM radio stations in Mexico and syndicates music and talk formats. It is the former radio division of Televisa, which spun its stake off to Corporativo Coral, S.A. de C.V., in 2020 to focus on its core television and telecommunications businesses. Since 2001, Televisa Radio (now Radiópolis) has been a joint venture with Spanish media conglomerate Grupo PRISA. History Radiópolis got its start with the establishment of each of the Mexico City stations in the 1930s and 1940s. XEW-AM, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta, came on air September 18, 1930 and immediately became the country's most important broadcaster. XEQ-AM was established eight years later, and in 1947, XEX-AM joined the stable. Several repeaters of XEW were built in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including XEWK-AM in Guadalajara, two XEWA-AM stations in XHWAG-FM, Monterrey and XHEWA-FM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEQ-AM
XEQ-AM (940 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Mexico City. The concession is held by Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. and is operated by Radiópolis. It airs a Spanish-language adult hits radio format known as "La Q 940." XEQ is a Class A, clear-channel station, powered at 30,000 watts. The other Class A station on 940 AM is in Montreal, far enough away that XEQ does not need to use a directional antenna to avoid interference. XEQ's transmitter is at Los Reyes Acaquilpan, on Boulevard Generalísimo Morelos, east of Mexico City. History XEQ began operations in 1938. It was owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta doing business as Radio Panamericana, S.A., and was a network affiliate of CBS Radio as part of the "Chain of the Americas." It was Azcárraga's second station after XEW-AM. By the 1960s, XEQ was operating with 150,000 watts during the day and 50,000 at night. In the 1970s, it switched to 100,000 watts day and night. It later reduced its power t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEW-TV
XEW-TDT (channel 2) is a television station in Mexico City, Mexico. The station is owned by TelevisaUnivision and is the flagship station to the Las Estrellas network. XEW is the second-oldest Televisa station and Mexico City's second-oldest station, founded in 1951. History XEW-TV came on air March 21, 1951. It was the second television station to come to air in Mexico and built on the tradition of the successful and influential XEW-AM XEW-AM (900 kHz) and XEW-FM (96.9 MHz) are commercial radio stations in Mexico City, Mexico, simulcasting a news/talk radio format branded as ''W Radio''. XEW serves as the flagship for other "W Radio" stations around Mexico that carry some or ... 900. The concession was and remains held by Televimex, S.A. de C.V. The first transmission was a baseball game from Delta Park. The station came on air with its studios, known as Televicentro, still under development; these did not open formally until January 1952. XEW's initial programming was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
900 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 900 kHz: 900 AM is a Mexican and Canadian clear channel frequency. XEW Mexico City and CKBI Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, share Class A status on 900 kHz. Because 900 kHz is a multiple of both 9 and 10, the frequency is available for use by broadcast stations in all three ITU regions. Argentina * LT7 in Corrientes * Radio Municipal in 25 de Mayo Australia * VL2LT at Lithgow, New South Wales Barbados * 8PX-AM in Bridgetown Bolivia (audible in northern Chile) * CP-128 (900) in Cochabamba * CP-083 (900) in Montero * CP-079 (900) in Tarija Cameroon * AM 900 in Yaoundé Canada Stations in bold are clear-channel stations. Chile * W Radio 090 – Santiago. China * BEN42 in Datong * BET8 in Jiamusi * CNR The Voice of China in Benxi urban area and Jiangmen * CNR Business Radio * CRI News Radio in Beijing * SZMG News Radio in Shenzhen Macau * XXAA-AM in Macau Denmark Greenland * OYJ in Umanaq Guatem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KXEW
KXEW (1600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to South Tucson, Arizona, and broadcasting to the Tucson metropolitan area. KXEW airs a Tejano music format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its studios are north of downtown Tucson along North Oracle Road. It is known as "Radio Tejano 1600." KXEW is powered at 1,000 watts. By day, its signal is non-directional. But at night, to protect other stations on 1600 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is on West El Puente Lane near South Santa Cruz Lane in Tucson. History KXEW signed on the air on . It was a daytimer station, required to go off the air at night. The call sign was inspired Mexico City's most powerful radio station, 900 XEW. KXEW was owned and operated by Pan American Radio Corporation; J. Carlos McCormick was its president, CEO and majority shareholder. The Spanish-language format featured traditional Mexican and Latin American music, with hourly newscasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., simply known as Televisa, is a Mexican telecommunications and broadcasting company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa announced that they would sell the company's media and entertainment assets to Univision Communications, which would form a new company to be known as TelevisaUnivision. The transaction was completed on 31 January 2022, with Televisa owning a 45% stake of the company. Company History Since its beginning, the company has been owned by the Azcárraga family. The company has been led and owned by three generations of Azcárraga; each has marked an era for the company and, until October 2017, each had passed the ownership of the company to his son upon his death. Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta (1955–1972) Grupo Televisa was founded in 1955 as Telesistema Mexicano, linking Mexico's first three television stations: XHTV-TV (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEX-FM
XEX-FM (101.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting from a tower atop the World Trade Center Mexico City, XEX-FM airs a contemporary hit radio format and is the flagship station of the Mexican Los 40 network. Most songs in the playlist are hits in English. XEX-FM is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 51,190 watts. History XEX-FM signed on the air on . It became the third FM station in the Radiópolis/Televisa Radio system. It carried a adult contemporary music sound as "Stereo 102", but most of its history has been marked by frequent format changes. In the early 1980s, it was "Radio Romántica", then "Estelar FM" (both with romantic music). That was followed in 1988, by a return to pop music in English and Spanish as "Estéreo 102". It later was "Yo 102", a contemporary hit radio format giving the station some ratings success. In 1994, it experimented with the name " Kiss FM", which failed to catch on. In 1996, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clear Channel Station
A clear-channel station is a North American AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classification exists to ensure the viability of cross-country or cross-continent radio service enforced through a series of treaties and statutory laws. Known as Class A stations since the 1983 adoption of the Regional Agreement for the Medium Frequency Broadcasting Service in Region 2 (Rio Agreement), they are occasionally still referred to by their former classifications of Class I-A (the highest classification), Class I-B (the next highest class), or Class I-N (for stations in Alaska too far away to cause interference to the primary clear-channel stations in the lower 48 states). The term "clear-channel" is used most often in the context of North America and the Caribbean, where the concept originated. Since 1941, these stations have been required to maintain a transmitter power output ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEX-AM
XEX-AM (730 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station based in Mexico City, Mexico. It carries a sports radio format known as "W Deportes." The station is owned by Radiópolis. XEX is a Class A clear-channel station, powered at 60 kilowatts and using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Avenida Rio Bravo, in Los Reyes Acaquilpan, just east of Mexico City. History XEX-AM came to air in 1947 as a 500,000 watt national radio station. The Mexican government built XEX with the transmitter equipment of the former XERA at Villa Acuña, Coahuila, whose 500 kW transmitter was seized, dismantled and shipped to Mexico City. It obtained its call sign from a Monterrey station, which was reassigned the XEAW-AM call letters. During the 1940s, XEX was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System as its Latin American flagship station. In 1951, it was sold to Rómulo O'Farrill after four years of losses. Its sister stations were also flagships of Latin American b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Broadcast Station Classes
This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Effective radiated power (ERP) and height above average terrain (HAAT) are listed unless otherwise noted. All radio and television stations within of the US-Canada or US-Mexico border must get approval by both the domestic and foreign agency. These agencies are Industry Canada/ Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in Canada, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US, and the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) in Mexico. AM Station class descriptions All domestic (United States) AM stations are classified as A, B, C, or D. * A (formerly I) — clear-channel stations — 10 kW to 50 kW, 24 hours. **Class A stations are only protected within a radius of the transmitter site. **The old Class I was divided into three: Class I-A, I-B and I-N. NARBA distingu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Paz, State Of Mexico
La Paz is a municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the State of Mexico, Mexico, with its municipal seat in the town of Los Reyes Acaquilpan. It is located on the dividing line between Mexico State and the eastern edge of the Mexican Federal District, Federal District and is part of the Greater Mexico City area. The area was part of a region called "Atlicpac" which in Náhuatl means 'above or at the edge of water.' The current city's/municipality's glyph symbolizes water. History This area was the land of the Acolhuas whose capital was in Texcoco (altepetl), Texcoco. As such they were part of the heart of the Aztec Triple Alliance and the Aztec Empire, on the receiving end of tribute coming in from other parts of the empire. This continued until the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. During the colonial period, more specifically in the 18th century, this area was in constant territorial conflict. This ended up with the consolidation of a number of communities into two enti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mutual Broadcasting System
The Mutual Broadcasting System (commonly referred to simply as Mutual; sometimes referred to as MBS, Mutual Radio or the Mutual Radio Network) was an American commercial radio network in operation from 1934 to 1999. In the Golden Age of Radio, golden age of U.S. radio drama, Mutual was best known as the original network home of ''Lone Ranger#Original radio series, The Lone Ranger'' and ''The Adventures of Superman (radio series), The Adventures of Superman'' and as the long-time radio residence of ''The Shadow''. For many years, it was a national broadcaster for Major League Baseball on Mutual, Major League Baseball (including the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Game and World Series), the National Football League, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football. From the 1930s until the network's dissolution in 1999, Mutual ran a respected news service along with a variety of lauded news and commentary programs. In the 1970s, Mutual pioneered the nationwide late night call- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
