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| Broadcast area | Monterrey Metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1050kHz[1] |
| Branding | La Ranchera de Monterrey[2] |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | ClassicRanchera[2] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| XHRL-FM,XHCHL-FM,XECT-AM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1944[2] |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A (clear-channel) |
| Power | 100,000watts[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°41′53.50″N100°10′30.20″W / 25.6981944°N 100.1750556°W /25.6981944; -100.1750556 |
| Links | |
| Website | larancherademonterrey.com.mx |
XEG-AM (1050kHz) is aClass Aclear channelradio station inMonterrey,Nuevo León,Mexico.[1] Itstransmitter is inGuadalupe, Nuevo León.[3] XEG was known as aborder blaster in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.[4][citation needed] It now uses the nameLa Ranchera de Monterrey and broadcasts a ClassicRancheraradio format.[2]
XEG is one of a handful of North American AM stations to broadcast at 100,000watts around the clock. No commercial AM stations in the U.S. or Canada run more than 50,000 watts. XEG isnon-directional at night but uses adirectional antenna by day.[3]
XEG received its concession on February 21, 1944. In 1950, the advertising time on XEG came under the control ofHarold Schwartz ofChicago who also came to represent co-ownedXERB1090 AM inTijuana/Rosarito,Baja California, the station made famous in the movieAmerican Graffiti.[citation needed]
During the mid-and late 1970s, XEG (then at 150 kW power, directional north) was known for its nighttime English-languageR&B/Soul music shows. For 4–6 hours per night, taped transcriptions fromKGFJ (Los Angeles)disc jockeys made specifically for XEG were audible throughout much of the Southern, Southwestern and Midwestern U.S.
In the late 1970s, XEG's powerful nighttime signal attracted several U.S. ministries, includingBilly James Hargis. But between programs, commercials occasionally offeredsuspicious-sounding medicines which promised to "cure cancer" and other illnesses. By 1982, XEG was known as "The Golden Gospel Giant".[5]
The XEG mailing address announced on the air was antiquated: "Post Office Box 28,St. Louis, 66,Missouri." This was more than a decade afterZIP codes were introduced across the U.S. As of November 2014,QSL (reception report) cards were still mailed out from St. Louis.
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AM radio waves are of a much lower acoustical quality than FM, but during hours of darkness the Earth’s ionosphere drops sharply, typically from an altitude of roughly 600 miles to 30 miles, and the much longer wave length of the AM transmissions causes them to be refracted off of that lowered layer so that they “skip” back to ground level several hundred miles away. Accordingly, that causes the border blaster stations like XEG to be valuable as a commercial advertising medium far from their transmitters on the south side of the US border. Depending on atmospheric conditions, multiple skips can result in acceptable night time AM reception as far north as Canada.
La Ranchera de Monterrey es una estación con mas de 60 años al aire, antes conocida como la voz de Norteamérica, ha sido la portadora de la musica mexicana desde 1944.
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