XEGH-AM
Appearance
Broadcast area | McAllen, Texas, USA/Reynosa, Mexico |
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Frequency | 620 AM |
Branding | La Lupe |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ernesto Montemayor Ibarra |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
Power | 1 kW Day 250 watts Night[1] |
XEGH-AM (branded as La Lupe) is a Spanish-language AM radio station that serves the McAllen, Texas (USA) / Reynosa, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area. XEGH broadcasts on the AM frequency of 620 kHz.
The broadcast tower is around 10 miles from the United States border in Mexico.[2]
History
XEGH received its concession on March 30, 1995. The callsign had been assigned 25 years earlier, in August 1970, when the station was made available for bidding. Montemayor Ibarra initially owned the station for Grupo ACIR.
In 2016, XEGH became an AM simulcast of XHCAO-FM 89.1.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID XEGH ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- raiostationworld.com; Radio stations serving the Rio Grande Valley
References
- ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-09. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- ^ http://www.kkbc.com/xegh1.htm