XEG-AM

XEG-AM
City of license	Guadalupe, Nuevo León^[1]
Broadcast area	Monterrey Metropolitan area
Branding	La Ranchera de Monterrey^[2]
Slogan	La Mera Mera^[2]
Frequency	1050 kHz^[1]
First air date	1944^[2]
Format	Ranchera^[2]
Language	Spanish
Power	100,000 watts^[1]
Owner	NRM Comunicaciones (La Voz de Norteamerica, S.A. de C.V.^[1])
Website	www.nucleoradio.com/ranchera

XEG-AM is an radio station on clear-channel frequency 1050 kHz in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico.^[1] It is licensed for Guadalupe, Nuevo León and brands itself as serving Monterrey. Known for its border blaster status in the 1950s, it now uses the name La Ranchera de Monterrey and broadcasts ranchera music.^[2]

History

In 1950 the advertising time on XEG came under the control of Harold Schwartz of Chicago who also came to represent XERB-AM near Tijuana/Rosarito, Baja California, the station made famous in the movie American Graffiti.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM" (in Spanish) (PDF). Mexico City: Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones. 2009-03-31. http://www.cofetel.gob.mx/wb/Cofetel_2008/Cofe_estaciones_de_am_in. Retrieved 2009-04-22. Via [1].
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Conócenos" (in Spanish). XEG La Rachera. Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. http://www.nucleoradio.com/2008/potentiaweb/portal/genera/VistasV2_1/PlantillasV2/Clasica.asp?Portal=3&View=2&Origen=24&MenuActivo=1&MenuActivo2=0. Retrieved 2009-04-25. "La Ranchera de Monterrey es una estación con mas de 60 años al aire, antes conocida como la voz de Norteamérica, ha sido la portadora de la musica mexicana desde 1944."

Wolfman Jack's old station howling once again. - Dallas Times Herald, January 2, 1983. - primarily about XERF but it also includes background information on the border-blasters.
Border Radio by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987 ISBN 0-87719-066-6
Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6

External links

XEG La Ranchera (Spanish) — official site

Radio in Mexico: Stations in the state of Nuevo León

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