XEWR-AM (1110

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Juárez ( la, Dioecesis Civitatis Iuarezensis) is located in the northern Mexican city of the same name, across the Río Grande from El Paso, Texas. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua and i ...

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is a clear channel frequency, XEWR signs off the air at night, when radio waves travel farther.

History

XEWR received its first concession on May 21, 1959. It was the founding station of what is today known as MegaRadio. The concessionaire has remained the same throughout XEWR's history. In January 2008, XEWR flipped to its current Catholic religious format. It had previously been an English-language oldies station, Classic 1110.

References

Radio stations in Chihuahua Radio stations established in 1959 Daytime-only radio stations in Mexico {{Chihuahua-radio-station-stub