XEPN were the call letters of a
border-blaster radio station licensed to
Piedras Negras Piedras Negras may refer to:
* Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico
** Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico, with the center in the eponymous city
* Piedras Negras (Maya site)
Piedras Negras is the ...
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Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
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Mexico
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It broadcast initially on 885 kHz with a power of 100 watts. The station was gone by the late 1930s, and in 1963, a new XEPN was created, this time on 920 kHz at
Paracho, Michoacán.
[DOF August 15, 1963] That station no longer exists.
See also
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Border blaster
A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service (broadcasting), external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually ass ...
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John R. Brinkley
References
*Border Radio by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987
*Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003
External links
Dedication of the Wolfman Jack Memorial in Del Rio, Texas
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Radio stations in Coahuila
Mass media in Piedras Negras, Coahuila