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XEPN were the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually associated with Mexican AM stations covering large parts of the United States and United States border AM stations covering large parts of Canada. Conceptually similar European broadcasting included some pre-World War II broadcasting towards the United Kingdom, "radio périphérique" around France and the U.S. government-funded propaganda station Radio Free Europe, targeting eastern Europe.

Piedras Negras, Coahuila Place in Coahuila, Mexico

Piedras Negras is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2015 census the city had a population of 163,595 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area had a population of 245,155 inhabitants. The Piedras Negras and the Eagle Pass areas are connected by the Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge, Camino Real International Bridge, and the Eagle Pass Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge.

Coahuila State of Mexico

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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It broadcast initially on 885 kHz with a power of 100 watts. [1] The station was gone by the late 1930s, and in 1963, a new XEPN was created, this time on 920 kHz at Paracho, Michoacán. [2] That station no longer exists.

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References

  1. Diario Oficial de la Federación July 30, 1932
  2. DOF August 15, 1963
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