XED-AM

XED-AM
City Mexicali, Baja California
Broadcast area Mexicali / El Centro / Yuma
Branding La Gran D
Frequency 1050 kHz
First air date May 1947
Format Regional Mexican
Power 10,000 watts (daytime)
200 watts (nighttime)[1]
Class B
Transmitter coordinates 32°39′31″N 115°22′42″W / 32.65861°N 115.37833°W / 32.65861; -115.37833
Owner Grupo Radiorama
(XED, S.A. de C.V.[2])
Webcast Listen online
Website La Gran D 1050 website

XED-AM (1050 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, also heard in the Yuma, Arizona and El Centro, California radio markets. It is owned by Radiorama and airs a Regional Mexican radio format. It is known as "La Gran D" or "The Big D."

Because AM 1050 is a clear channel frequency reserved for XEG in Monterrey, Nuevo León, XED must greatly reduce power at night to avoid interference; it was a daytime-only radio station for nearly seven decades.

History

Prior to the sign-on of XED in Mexicali, the call sign belonged to perhaps the first radio station in Mexico to be considered a border blaster. XED-AM was originally located at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, and was under the advertising sales management of the International Broadcasting Company. Located across the Rio Grande River (Río Bravo) from McAllen, Texas, USA, the station broadcast with a power of 10,000 watts (10 kW) which was the most powerful transmitter in Mexico at that time.

The current XED received its concession in May 1947. After nearly 70 years of daytime-only operation, XED began broadcasting at night with 200 watts in the summer of 2016.

References

  • "Wolfman Jack's old station howling once again." – Dallas Times Herald, January 2, 1983. – primarily about XERF but it also includes background information on the border-blasters.
  • Border Radio, by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987 ISBN 0-87719-066-6
  • Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. – "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6
  1. ↑ RPC: #013409 Nighttime Operation - XED-AM
  2. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-25. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.


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