XEBS-AM is a radio station on
1410 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1410 kHz: The Federal Communications Commission classifies 1410 AM as a regional frequency in the United States.
Argentina
* Radio Folclorísimo in José León Suárez, Buenos Aires.
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in
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
. XEBS-AM is owned by NRM Comunicaciones and broadcasts a tropical music format under the name Sabrosita
History
XEBS-AM is among Mexico City's most stable radio stations, maintaining the same callsign, frequency and concessionaire throughout its history. It signed on in 1937 as "Vocero Hispano-Mexicano" but did not receive its first concession until 1943. In 1953, with the goal of offering rural music to a rapidly expanding Mexico City area, the station took on the name "Radio Sinfonola" — which it would continue with for the next 51 years, until becoming grupera-formatted "La Más Perrona" in 2004. The station had begun airing a daily hour-long program with music by
Pedro Infante
Pedro Infante Cruz (; 18 November 1917 – 15 April 1957) was a Mexican ranchera singer and actor whose career spanned the golden age of Mexican cinema.
Infante was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, and raised in nearby Guamúchil. He died on 15 Apri ...
in 1952, which lasted for 61 uninterrupted years, being controversially cancelled in January 2013. The cancellation of the Pedro Infante program resulted in a loss of audience and the resignation of longtime host and director Gustavo Alvite.
In August 2017, the La Más Perrona name was jettisoned as part of a relaunch of the station, with a new name, Bandolera, being instituted.
XEBS-FM, started in 1961, originally broadcast on
89.7 FM but was moved to
100.9 FM. That station, still owned by NRM, is now
XHSON-FM
XHSON-FM (100.9 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Mexico City, owned and operated by NRM Comunicaciones. It has an electronic dance music (EDM) format and calls itself "Beat". Its playlist includes electro-house, techno, trance, progressiv ...
"Beat 100.9".
On December 1, 2022 Bandolera stopped broadcasting on 1410 kHz, and NRM began simulcasting the Sabrosita programming of
XEPH-AM 590 on the frequency.
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References
{{Mexico City Radio
1937 establishments in Mexico
Radio stations established in 1937
Radio stations in Mexico City
Regional Mexican radio stations
Spanish-language radio stations