XED-AM

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XED-AM
Broadcast area Mexicali / El Centro / Yuma
Frequency 1050 AM
BrandingLa Gran D
Programming
Format English and Spanish classic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Cadena Rasa
  • (XED, S.A. de C.V. [1] )
OperatorRadio Cadena Enciso
History
First air date
May 1947 (1947-05)
Technical information
Class B
Power 50,000 watts (daytime)
200 watts (nighttime) [2]
Transmitter coordinates
 32°39′31″N115°22′42″W / 32.65861°N 115.37833°W / 32.65861; -115.37833
Links
Webcast https://edge.mixlr.com/channel/lcezl
Website https://www.encisoradio.live/

XED-AM (1050 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, also heard in the Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California radio markets. It was owned by Radiorama till 2023, and opered simultanely its XHMUG-FM 96.9 "La Poderosa" for 4 years; since September 2019, to November 2023.

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Because AM 1050 is a clear channel frequency reserved for XEG in Monterrey, Nuevo León, XED must greatly reduce power at night to avoid interference; it was a daytime-only radio station for nearly seven decades.

History

"La Gran D" logo used until June 2, 2019 XED lagranD logo.png
"La Gran D" logo used until June 2, 2019

Prior to the sign-on of XED in Mexicali, the call sign belonged to perhaps the first radio station in Mexico to be considered a border blaster. The first XED was located at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and was under the advertising sales management of the International Broadcasting Company. Located across the Rio Grande River (Río Bravo) from McAllen, Texas, USA, the station broadcast with a power of 10,000 watts (10 kW) which was the most powerful transmitter in Mexico at that time.

The current XED received its concession in May 1947. After nearly 70 years of daytime-only operation, XED began broadcasting at night with 200 watts in the summer of 2016. This is the first time it has operated legally at night, as American station KTCT, which also operates on 1050 in the San Francisco Bay Area, has accused XED of operating illegally at night at more than its licensed daytime transmitter power, and has received FCC permission to broadcast at its regular daytime 50,000 watt power at night to overcome XED's interference. [3] On June 2, 2019, at midnight, XED ceased operations.

XED returned on September 29, 2019, as part of a simulcast with XHMUG-FM 96.9 since September 28, 2019 to November 20, 2023.

XED separates from Radiorama Mexicali after 4 years of transmitting simultaneously "La Poderosa" 96.9 FM, after being acquired by Cadena Rasa. Actually recovers for third time its legendary name "La Gran D", for Cadena Rasa, no more for Radiorama Mexicali.

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References

  1. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-25. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ↑ RPC: #013409 Nighttime Operation - XED-AM
  3. ↑ "Special Temporary Authorization", fcc.gov. November 18, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2018.


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