Aircheck: XEG Monterrey, NL, Mexico "Laboratorios Mallo" program, spring 1981
Before XEG (1050 kHz) was known as "La Ranchera De Monterrey," the station was known as "Radio Melodia" during their local daylight hours. During the evening and early overnight hours, XEG operated as an English language service border blaster. When I first heard the station in the late 1970's, XEG had a brokered time/paid religion format. There was a St. Louis connection (my QTH) to XEG--The parent company of KXEN (1010 kHz) in our area had a marketing agreement with XEG, and was part of their rate card with the group of stations they owned or leased. I can recall hearing the mailing address offered for XEG as "St. Louis, 66, Missouri" (the '66' being a pre-ZIP postal code).
By the early 1980's, the Mexican government cracked down on these types of marketing agreements, and the paid religion on XEG ended.
In the spring of 1981, I was hearing XEG loud and clear in the overnight hours, and I decided to roll tape. The show I recorded is a brokered show from "Laboratorios Mallo" and is basically a 'medicine show' interspersed with music. This program airs on XEG to this day.
The original quality of the recording tape was not great. It was recorded on a brand called "ALCO" and cost around $1 for a pack of three. It's 'low noise' lived up to it's name--there was a low level rumble that sounded like grinding stones. If they meant low frequency noise, then they were telling the truth. I did my best to improve the audio and remove the tape hiss and rumble from it.
This was fun to dust off, listen to and make available for those who are interested. I hope you enjoy it too. The files are 192/44.1 and can be found at this link:
http://www.4shared.com/folder/MT0Ylwub/XEG.html
Before XEG (1050 kHz) was known as "La Ranchera De Monterrey," the station was known as "Radio Melodia" during their local daylight hours. During the evening and early overnight hours, XEG operated as an English language service border blaster. When I first heard the station in the late 1970's, XEG had a brokered time/paid religion format. There was a St. Louis connection (my QTH) to XEG--The parent company of KXEN (1010 kHz) in our area had a marketing agreement with XEG, and was part of their rate card with the group of stations they owned or leased. I can recall hearing the mailing address offered for XEG as "St. Louis, 66, Missouri" (the '66' being a pre-ZIP postal code).
By the early 1980's, the Mexican government cracked down on these types of marketing agreements, and the paid religion on XEG ended.
In the spring of 1981, I was hearing XEG loud and clear in the overnight hours, and I decided to roll tape. The show I recorded is a brokered show from "Laboratorios Mallo" and is basically a 'medicine show' interspersed with music. This program airs on XEG to this day.
The original quality of the recording tape was not great. It was recorded on a brand called "ALCO" and cost around $1 for a pack of three. It's 'low noise' lived up to it's name--there was a low level rumble that sounded like grinding stones. If they meant low frequency noise, then they were telling the truth. I did my best to improve the audio and remove the tape hiss and rumble from it.
This was fun to dust off, listen to and make available for those who are interested. I hope you enjoy it too. The files are 192/44.1 and can be found at this link:
http://www.4shared.com/folder/MT0Ylwub/XEG.html