ESNE Radio

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ESNE Radio
Country
United States, Mexico, Spain
Programming
Language(s) Spanish
Ownership
OwnerEl Sembrador Ministries
History
Launch dateMarch 1, 2003 (2003-03-01)
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ESNE Radio is a Spanish-language Catholic radio network based in the United States, owned by El Sembrador Ministries. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, ESNE broadcasts on 14 stations in the United States, Mexico and Spain. ESNE also broadcasts a Spanish-language television channel, ESNE TV, launched in 2002. [1]

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History

On March 1, 2003, El Sembrador, led by founder Noel Díaz, began programming KHPY (1670 AM) in Moreno Valley, California, under a time brokerage agreement; it purchased that station in 2008. [2] Díaz had previously started a weekly Catholic radio program, Dimensión de Fe (Dimension of Faith), in 1990. [1]

In 2013, the network acquired KRXA, serving Monterey, California; [3] the next year, it began brokering time on KURS in San Diego, later buying that station in 2016. [4] A second southern California signal was acquired in 2015 when it picked up KTYM after Immaculate Heart Radio instead bought another Los Angeles outlet. [5]

El Sembrador expanded into Utah by buying Ogden's 1430 AM—then KLO—for $260,000 in 2020. [6] A third station in the Central Coast region of California will be added when the ministry closes on its purchase of KKMC (880 AM) in Gonzales, California, from Monterey County Broadcasters. [7] Additionally, in September 2020, El Sembrador filed to buy KDCO (1340 AM) in Denver—though not its associated FM translator—for $420,000. [8]

Stations

United States

Call sign Frequency City of license State
KRXA
K284CZ
540 AM
104.7 FM
Carmel Valley California
KWST [note 1]
K229CU
1430 AM
93.7 FM
El Centro California
KTYM
K268DD
1460 AM
101.5 FM
Inglewood
Los Angeles
California
KDDF 88.1 FM Mecca California
KHPY
K258DR
1670 AM
99.5 FM
Moreno Valley California
KMBX [note 2] 700 AM Soledad California
KURS 1040 AM San Diego California
KDCO 1340 AM Denver Colorado
WXES 1110 AM Chicago Illinois
KENT 1540 AM Enterprise Nevada
KMES 1430 AM Ogden Utah
KZTR-LP [note 3] 103.5 FM Yakima Washington

Mexico

Spain

Notes

  1. Owned by Entravision Communications Corporation; El Sembrador owns the dependent translator
  2. Owned by Entravision Communications Corporation
  3. Owned by the Corporation of the Catholic Bishop of Yakima

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References

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