XHNT-FM
XHNT-FM is the callsign of a radio station in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. XHNT broadcasts on 97.5 MHz and carries Radio Fórmula programming.
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| City | La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
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| Branding | Radio Fórmula |
| Slogan | Abriendo la Conversación |
| Frequency | 790 kHz/97.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1956 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | (AM) 10 kWs daytime .75 kW (750 watts) nighttime[1] |
| ERP | (FM) 25 kW[2] |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 101369 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 24°09′50″N 110°18′56″W |
| Owner | Grupo Fórmula (Fórmula Radiofónica, S.A. de C.V.) |
The station is also on AM as XENT-AM 790 kHz.
History of the XENT call sign
XENT-AM were the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. It operated nightly from 1933 to 1940 on 1140 Kc/s with a power reported from 50 kW to 150 kW. In 1944-1945, XENT's transmitter was acquired by Alamo Broadcasting for use at KABC in San Antonio, in a contested action.
XENT was the continuation of KTNT ("Know The Naked Truth"), Norman G. Baker's station in Muscatine, Iowa, United States, as was forced off the air in 1931 for excessive self-promotion and want of candor. Baker was a notorious cancer quack, operating clinics in Muscatine and Eureka Springs, Arkansas, that were heavily promoted over KTNT and then XENT.
In La Paz
The XENT callsign returned, this time to Baja California Sur, with the awarding to Radio La Paz, S.A., of a concession for XENT-AM on July 19, 1956. The station was operated by the King family, which would later start XHK-TV channel 10, and was the first radio station in Baja California Sur.
The station was sold to Radio Fórmula in the mid-2000s.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-10. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-10. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
External links
- 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
- Dedication of the Wolfman Jack Memorial in Del Rio, Texas
- Query the FCC's AM station database for XENT