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> > Just wondering what AM (maybe FM) stations from Mexico can
>
> > be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to
> look
> > for?
> >
> 97.7 out of Monterrey.
>
I regularly get one from there on 106.1. Only in the mornings. I ID'd it because they were running some spots in English, otherwise all Espanol.
>
> > be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to
> look
> > for?
> >
> 97.7 out of Monterrey.
>
I regularly get one from there on 106.1. Only in the mornings. I ID'd it because they were running some spots in English, otherwise all Espanol.
> Just wondering what AM (maybe FM) stations from Mexico can
> be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to look
> for?
>
Easiest AMs are
1050 XEG Monterrey
990 XET Monterrey
1570 XERF Cd. Acuña, Coah.
940 XEQ Mexico City
900 XEW Mexico City
1220 XEB Mexico City
730 XEX Mexico City
1580 XEDM Hermosillo
800 XEROK Cd. Juarez
540 XEWA San Luis Potosi, SLP
There are a load of border area AMs that can be heard irregularly, but the above are all 50 to 250 kw clear channel stations on AM.
FM is going to be skipp, and erratic. The AMs mentioned should be relatively easy and regular catches.
> be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to look
> for?
>
Easiest AMs are
1050 XEG Monterrey
990 XET Monterrey
1570 XERF Cd. Acuña, Coah.
940 XEQ Mexico City
900 XEW Mexico City
1220 XEB Mexico City
730 XEX Mexico City
1580 XEDM Hermosillo
800 XEROK Cd. Juarez
540 XEWA San Luis Potosi, SLP
There are a load of border area AMs that can be heard irregularly, but the above are all 50 to 250 kw clear channel stations on AM.
FM is going to be skipp, and erratic. The AMs mentioned should be relatively easy and regular catches.
> > Just wondering what AM (maybe FM) stations from Mexico can
>
> > be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to
> look
> > for?
> >
> 97.7 out of Monterrey.
>
Awesome. I'll see if my Pioneer SX636 will pick them up since I left my Sanyo "ghettoblaster" at work, which is what I used to listen to DX AM. Or, I'll just sit in my car.
>
> > be heard in SA/Austin area. Any suggestions on what to
> look
> > for?
> >
> 97.7 out of Monterrey.
>
Awesome. I'll see if my Pioneer SX636 will pick them up since I left my Sanyo "ghettoblaster" at work, which is what I used to listen to DX AM. Or, I'll just sit in my car.
> Easiest AMs are
>
> 1050 XEG Monterrey
> 990 XET Monterrey
> 1570 XERF Cd. Acuña, Coah.
> 940 XEQ Mexico City
> 900 XEW Mexico City
> 1220 XEB Mexico City
> 730 XEX Mexico City
> 1580 XEDM Hermosillo
> 800 XEROK Cd. Juarez
> 540 XEWA San Luis Potosi, SLP
>
> There are a load of border area AMs that can be heard
> irregularly, but the above are all 50 to 250 kw clear
> channel stations on AM.
>
> FM is going to be skipp, and erratic. The AMs mentioned
> should be relatively easy and regular catches.
Around 15 years ago, XEMU 580 tried to market itself to San Antonio. It even opened a local sales office to assist in the effort. As I recall, it was given up pretty quickly. I never could figure out what they were thinking. Even with a low-band AM signal, it's still pretty faint at best on most radios, including the best car radios at the time, in San Antonio with KLBJ out of Austin stomping all over it pretty much all day.
>
> 1050 XEG Monterrey
> 990 XET Monterrey
> 1570 XERF Cd. Acuña, Coah.
> 940 XEQ Mexico City
> 900 XEW Mexico City
> 1220 XEB Mexico City
> 730 XEX Mexico City
> 1580 XEDM Hermosillo
> 800 XEROK Cd. Juarez
> 540 XEWA San Luis Potosi, SLP
>
> There are a load of border area AMs that can be heard
> irregularly, but the above are all 50 to 250 kw clear
> channel stations on AM.
>
> FM is going to be skipp, and erratic. The AMs mentioned
> should be relatively easy and regular catches.
Around 15 years ago, XEMU 580 tried to market itself to San Antonio. It even opened a local sales office to assist in the effort. As I recall, it was given up pretty quickly. I never could figure out what they were thinking. Even with a low-band AM signal, it's still pretty faint at best on most radios, including the best car radios at the time, in San Antonio with KLBJ out of Austin stomping all over it pretty much all day.
> Around 15 years ago, XEMU 580 tried to market itself to San
> Antonio. It even opened a local sales office to assist in
> the effort. As I recall, it was given up pretty quickly. I
> never could figure out what they were thinking. Even with a
> low-band AM signal, it's still pretty faint at best on most
> radios, including the best car radios at the time, in San
> Antonio with KLBJ out of Austin stomping all over it pretty
> much all day.
>
Interesting concept. Now that everyone has electronically-tuned receivers with tighter selectivity, wouldn't an effort like that be more feasible?
> Antonio. It even opened a local sales office to assist in
> the effort. As I recall, it was given up pretty quickly. I
> never could figure out what they were thinking. Even with a
> low-band AM signal, it's still pretty faint at best on most
> radios, including the best car radios at the time, in San
> Antonio with KLBJ out of Austin stomping all over it pretty
> much all day.
>
Interesting concept. Now that everyone has electronically-tuned receivers with tighter selectivity, wouldn't an effort like that be more feasible?
> Interesting concept. Now that everyone has
> electronically-tuned receivers with tighter selectivity,
> wouldn't an effort like that be more feasible?
Maybe a little more, but I seriously doubt it would be worth all the effort even today. AM still tends to have more interference issues with adjacent channels, and most of San Antonio still lies within KLBJ's primary signal contour. Most people also still aren't willing to work to enjoy radio, and XEMU is a Spanish-language station when US Hispanics listen to AM even less than the general population. Of course, with IBOC digital coming into the picture, that would further complicate such an effort as it would obliterate pretty much any trace of XEMU in San Antonio since AM IBOC uses the adjacent channels to broadcast the digital signal.
> electronically-tuned receivers with tighter selectivity,
> wouldn't an effort like that be more feasible?
Maybe a little more, but I seriously doubt it would be worth all the effort even today. AM still tends to have more interference issues with adjacent channels, and most of San Antonio still lies within KLBJ's primary signal contour. Most people also still aren't willing to work to enjoy radio, and XEMU is a Spanish-language station when US Hispanics listen to AM even less than the general population. Of course, with IBOC digital coming into the picture, that would further complicate such an effort as it would obliterate pretty much any trace of XEMU in San Antonio since AM IBOC uses the adjacent channels to broadcast the digital signal.
> > > Just wondering what AM (maybe FM) stations from Mexico
> can
> >
> > > be heard in SA/Austin area.
Goombah turned me on to XEEP- Radio Education 1060. Sometimes XEG splatters all over it, but some nights it would come in very clear in S.A., especially after midnight. Eclectic programming in the early morning. Up here in DFW, some preacher-dave from N.O. covers it over, but when Katrina knocked them off, reception was very good.
g
BTW- One thing I always enjoyed about Mexican radio was the signature tunes. American stations used to have them, but most now run generic TM packages.
> can
> >
> > > be heard in SA/Austin area.
Goombah turned me on to XEEP- Radio Education 1060. Sometimes XEG splatters all over it, but some nights it would come in very clear in S.A., especially after midnight. Eclectic programming in the early morning. Up here in DFW, some preacher-dave from N.O. covers it over, but when Katrina knocked them off, reception was very good.
g
BTW- One thing I always enjoyed about Mexican radio was the signature tunes. American stations used to have them, but most now run generic TM packages.
> BTW- One thing I always enjoyed about Mexican radio was the
> signature tunes. American stations used to have them, but
> most now run generic TM packages.
>
And almost every station in Mexico uses syndicated jingles from Pypsa in Monterrey or one of the other jingle companies. You hear the same jingles in every market.
> signature tunes. American stations used to have them, but
> most now run generic TM packages.
>
And almost every station in Mexico uses syndicated jingles from Pypsa in Monterrey or one of the other jingle companies. You hear the same jingles in every market.
You hear the same jingles in every market.
>
Well, colostomy los siento. One more thing gone. I recall hearing the XEG jingle recently. I haven't listened to the mexican AM band much in recent years, so I haven't heard the others. I do recall one night in Guadalajara when the radio played this 'Neener-Neener Neener' jingle between each song. And there was this one station in Juarez or Chihuahua or somewhere that had a jingle that sounded like a '30's car horn tune.
As crowded as the airwaves are now, you'd think the programmers would look for ways to set their stations apart. As a teen, I could tell the difference between WLS and WHAS just by the sound of the processing.
Thanks for setting me straight, David.
g
>
Well, colostomy los siento. One more thing gone. I recall hearing the XEG jingle recently. I haven't listened to the mexican AM band much in recent years, so I haven't heard the others. I do recall one night in Guadalajara when the radio played this 'Neener-Neener Neener' jingle between each song. And there was this one station in Juarez or Chihuahua or somewhere that had a jingle that sounded like a '30's car horn tune.
As crowded as the airwaves are now, you'd think the programmers would look for ways to set their stations apart. As a teen, I could tell the difference between WLS and WHAS just by the sound of the processing.
Thanks for setting me straight, David.
g
> You hear the same jingles in every market.
> >
> Well, colostomy los siento. One more thing gone. I recall
> hearing the XEG jingle recently. I haven't listened to the
> mexican AM band much in recent years, so I haven't heard the
> others. I do recall one night in Guadalajara when the radio
> played this 'Neener-Neener Neener' jingle between each song.
> And there was this one station in Juarez or Chihuahua or
> somewhere that had a jingle that sounded like a '30's car
> horn tune.
"Es Radio Mil" with a very blasting car horn effect... jingle dates back to about 1960. Every Radio Mil in Mexico and Central America has used it at one time or another. Original to XEOY 1000 in Mexico City.
Another, the Radio Centro jingle, is the melody of "shave and a haircut, two bits" and also was used on many Mexican stations as well as KTNQ in LA for nearly 25 years. Originated at XEQR 1030 in about 1957... under PD Ramiro Garza. "Oigo Radio Centro" was the lyric.
> As crowded as the airwaves are now, you'd think the
> programmers would look for ways to set their stations apart.
Since the jingles are duplicated only in different markets, they are unique in EACH market. Very few jingles are custom, due to cost. The KLVE Los Angeles custom jingles cost over $60 thousand for the first iteration of the current package.
I had the XERC-790 jingles recorded for me for HCRM1 in Ecuador; both were the WABC trax without the chime.
> As a teen, I could tell the difference between WLS and WHAS
> just by the sound of the processing.
> Thanks for setting me straight, David.
Back then, there were no good processors. There were Volumax and Audimax, Sta-Levels, Level Devils, etc. Each colored audio its own way, no matter how clean you tried to get them. Today's equipment is far less "colorful" and much more versatile in setting for each format.
> >
> Well, colostomy los siento. One more thing gone. I recall
> hearing the XEG jingle recently. I haven't listened to the
> mexican AM band much in recent years, so I haven't heard the
> others. I do recall one night in Guadalajara when the radio
> played this 'Neener-Neener Neener' jingle between each song.
> And there was this one station in Juarez or Chihuahua or
> somewhere that had a jingle that sounded like a '30's car
> horn tune.
"Es Radio Mil" with a very blasting car horn effect... jingle dates back to about 1960. Every Radio Mil in Mexico and Central America has used it at one time or another. Original to XEOY 1000 in Mexico City.
Another, the Radio Centro jingle, is the melody of "shave and a haircut, two bits" and also was used on many Mexican stations as well as KTNQ in LA for nearly 25 years. Originated at XEQR 1030 in about 1957... under PD Ramiro Garza. "Oigo Radio Centro" was the lyric.
> As crowded as the airwaves are now, you'd think the
> programmers would look for ways to set their stations apart.
Since the jingles are duplicated only in different markets, they are unique in EACH market. Very few jingles are custom, due to cost. The KLVE Los Angeles custom jingles cost over $60 thousand for the first iteration of the current package.
I had the XERC-790 jingles recorded for me for HCRM1 in Ecuador; both were the WABC trax without the chime.
> As a teen, I could tell the difference between WLS and WHAS
> just by the sound of the processing.
> Thanks for setting me straight, David.
Back then, there were no good processors. There were Volumax and Audimax, Sta-Levels, Level Devils, etc. Each colored audio its own way, no matter how clean you tried to get them. Today's equipment is far less "colorful" and much more versatile in setting for each format.
Today's equipment is far less "colorful" and much more
> versatile in setting for each format.
>
So much more important than the equipment is how it's set up.
Compare KLUV and JACK in Dallas. An amazing difference. Or compare KRLD's bass-heavy sound with the transparent fidelity achieved by the other 50,000 watt news/talk station in DFW.
Some stations, like the old music-radio WLS would just jump out of the speakers.
KONO always sounded muddy, while KTSA had the reverb and processing to make it bright and sound LOUD.
And while we're talking about mexican radio, David, where do most of our spanish speaking announcers come from? Are they home grown or imported from Mexico?
Do you remember KVAR, San Antonio's first spanish language FM in the '70's and how their whole staff came from Mexico City? How come they didn't have to follow the affirmative action guidelines, and hire a representative % of anglo employees, like the english language stations did?
I'm glad I'm not in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana.
g
> versatile in setting for each format.
>
So much more important than the equipment is how it's set up.
Compare KLUV and JACK in Dallas. An amazing difference. Or compare KRLD's bass-heavy sound with the transparent fidelity achieved by the other 50,000 watt news/talk station in DFW.
Some stations, like the old music-radio WLS would just jump out of the speakers.
KONO always sounded muddy, while KTSA had the reverb and processing to make it bright and sound LOUD.
And while we're talking about mexican radio, David, where do most of our spanish speaking announcers come from? Are they home grown or imported from Mexico?
Do you remember KVAR, San Antonio's first spanish language FM in the '70's and how their whole staff came from Mexico City? How come they didn't have to follow the affirmative action guidelines, and hire a representative % of anglo employees, like the english language stations did?
I'm glad I'm not in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana.
g
>
> And while we're talking about mexican radio, David, where do
> most of our spanish speaking announcers come from? Are they
> home grown or imported from Mexico?
Almost all were born in Mexico, since having gone to school to learn proper Spanish usage is pretty much a necessity.
> Do you remember KVAR, San Antonio's first spanish language
> FM in the '70's and how their whole staff came from Mexico
> City? How come they didn't have to follow the affirmative
> action guidelines, and hire a representative % of anglo
> employees, like the english language stations did?
There are only guidelines on minority hiring practices. There is no penalty for exceeding them, such as would happen at a station with an all Black airstaff. In general, in US ethnic radio, you will find a different mix of staff in other departments... and there are only station requirements, not department requirements.
>
> I'm glad I'm not in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana.
That is El Salvador... where "tree chicken" is so popular there are few lizards left. And, yes, it DOES taste like chicken. And it is better in a stew than on the barbie.
> And while we're talking about mexican radio, David, where do
> most of our spanish speaking announcers come from? Are they
> home grown or imported from Mexico?
Almost all were born in Mexico, since having gone to school to learn proper Spanish usage is pretty much a necessity.
> Do you remember KVAR, San Antonio's first spanish language
> FM in the '70's and how their whole staff came from Mexico
> City? How come they didn't have to follow the affirmative
> action guidelines, and hire a representative % of anglo
> employees, like the english language stations did?
There are only guidelines on minority hiring practices. There is no penalty for exceeding them, such as would happen at a station with an all Black airstaff. In general, in US ethnic radio, you will find a different mix of staff in other departments... and there are only station requirements, not department requirements.
>
> I'm glad I'm not in Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana.
That is El Salvador... where "tree chicken" is so popular there are few lizards left. And, yes, it DOES taste like chicken. And it is better in a stew than on the barbie.
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