XESPN is a radio station that serves the
Tijuana-San Diego area. As of May 22, 2022, it is off the air.
800 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 800 kHz: 800 AM is a Mexican clear-channel frequency. XEROK Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, is the dominant station on 800 AM. See also List of broadcast station classes.
In Argentina
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is Mexican
clear-channel
A clear-channel station is an AM radio station in North America that has the highest protection from interference from other stations, particularly concerning night-time skywave propagation. The system exists to ensure the viability of cross-co ...
frequency, on which
XEROK-AM is the dominant
Class A station.
History
The station came on air in April 1965 as XEMMM, named for its owner, Mario Marcos Mayans (part of the Mayans family that owns CBC). The station initially broadcast during the daytime only.
XEMMM joined
ESPN Radio
ESPN Radio, which is alternately platform-agnostically branded as ESPN Audio, is an American sports radio network and extension of the ESPN television network. It was launched on January 1, 1992, under the original banner of "SportsRadio ESPN" ...
in late
2002
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, replacing
XETRA, which had changed from
sports radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy ...
to
adult standards some months earlier. In
2003
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, the
call sign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assig ...
changed to XESPN. (The XEMMM calls were moved to a station Cadena Baja California then owned in Mexicali, now
XEMMM-AM 940.) In
2009
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, ESPN Radio moved to sister FM station
XHMORE while XESPN joined
ESPN Deportes Radio
ESPN Deportes Radio was an American Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming included call-in talk shows and commentary from hosts about a full range of sporting events, including soccer, Amer ...
.
On November 1, 2010,
CBC ceased sports programming on XESPN and adopted a news/talk format programmed by
Grupo Imagen
Grupo Imagen is a Mexican media conglomerate, part of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles.
History
Grupo Imagen traces its roots to the foundation of XEDA-AM in June 1936. This station was acquired by José Luis Fernández Soto in 1962, and in the same ...
. ESPN Deportes Radio is now available in the San Diego-Tijuana border region on
XESS-AM 620. Imagen's news programming was later replaced on XESPN with programming from
Radio Fórmula.
On May 22, 2022, XESPN went off the air, and its programming was moved to online only.
San Diego Targeting Mexican Licenses Move Online Only
Radioinsight - May 23, 2022
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References
External links
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Radio stations in Tijuana
Spanish-language radio stations
News and talk radio stations in Mexico