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Spanish Music on 610

cyberdad

cyberdad

I wasn't sure if I ahouls post this on the 610 Frequency of the week thread, but i thought it might be better in a new thread., but I thought it might be better in a new thread....

This morning (5/7) at around 4:30am CDT, I was hearing a good signal with Spanish music on 610. i"m not all that familiar with Spanish music genres, but to me, it sounded like regional Mexican. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Cuba, however. Anyway, the closest "plausible" match I could find was XEBX from northeast Mexico not all that far from the Texas Border. Radio Locator shows it with a regional Mexican format. 5kw day/500 watts night. If that's what I heard, I'd presume it would have been on day power.

But all I'm doing here is guessing. Any ideas from you guys?
 
I'm thinking that you heard XEGS in Guasuave, Sinaloa, on day power. It plays regional Mexican music, but it's not close to the Texas/Mexico border. When it goes to day power, it has a fairly strong signal here for a while, taking out KILT in Houston. XESORN in Saltillo, Coahuila, is closer to the border but plays Mexican and American classic hits. XEBX was migrated to FM a couple of years ago - at least I haven't heard it in a while and it's no longer listed on mwlist.org.
 
jim-satx said:
I'm thinking that you heard XEGS in Guasuave, Sinaloa, on day power. It plays regional Mexican music, but it's not close to the Texas/Mexico border. When it goes to day power, it has a fairly strong signal here for a while, taking out KILT in Houston. XESORN in Saltillo, Coahuila, is closer to the border but plays Mexican and American classic hits. XEBX was migrated to FM a couple of years ago - at least I haven't heard it in a while and it's no longer listed on mwlist.org.
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Thamks, Jim. I actually was hoping/thinking that Texas DXers might help me unravel this one. And XEGS definitely did cross my mind. I'm still not sure that XEGS is what I heard, so I won't go so far as to claim it as a catch, but at least for now, that seems like the most likely .answer to what I was hearin

I checked 610 again this morning at about the same time (4:15am CDT). No trace of music. In Spanish or otherwise. Conditions weren't as good as yesterday. But I still think whatever I had heard was a caase of "forgetting" to power down for the night. :)
 
gr8oldies said:
I've gotten WPLO, Grayson GA with Spanish Hits in East Tennessee
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I also thought of WPLO. Those calls used to be on 590 with 5kw from Atlanta. I guess when they moved up the road to Grayson, GA they changed frequency and reduced power while they were at it.

Maybe some of those killowatts fell out of the moving van. Those roads through the north Georgia hills can have a lot of twists and turns.🤣
 
WPLO Grayson, GA heard on several occasions in the past two years here in Wood Dale, IL. However I would say that their format is more like Spanish language Standards than Mexican music. They use "La Bonita" slogans, so if you hear that slogan than you have WPLO.
 
Mystery solved! This morning (5/9), 3:30am CDT I dialed up 610 and remained there for about 20 minutes. With the radio (C Crane skywave) oriented towards the southeast (nulling KCSP). I heard a faint signal with music in Spanish. This time I recognized rather quickly that it wasn't ranchero or regional Mexican. Definitely sounded like pop ballads. But the real convincer was clearly hearing the word "bonita".... twice! So "upon further review", it appears that what I heard Saturday morning, as well as this morning on 610 in Spanish was WPLO. Distance 633 miles. 1500 watt day power seems plausible, but given the very weak nature of the signal, I wouldn't rule out 255 watts night power (both non-directional). Either way, I thought it was a pretty decent first-time catcj

My thanks to those of you who helped me figure this one out!
 
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