XESPN-AM

XESPN is a radio station that serves the Tijuana-San Diego area. As of May 22, 2022, it is off the air.

XESPN
Broadcast areaSan Diego-Tijuana
Frequency800 kHz
Programming
FormatSilent
AffiliationsCadena (2022)
Radio Fórmula (2015-2022)
Imagen Informativa (2010-2015)
ESPN Deportes Radio (2009-2010)
ESPN Radio (2002-2009)
Ownership
Owner
XEBG-AM, XHMORE-FM
Also part of the CBC Cluster: TV Station XHBJ-TV
History
First air date
April 27, 1965
Former call signs
XEMMM
Call sign meaning
X Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (former full name of former affiliation)
Technical information
ClassB
Power500 watts (day)
250 watts (night)

800 AM is Mexican clear-channel frequency, on which XEROK-AM is the dominant Class A station.

History
Logo used as an ESPN Radio affiliate

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 in late 2002, replacing XETRA, which had changed from sports radio to adult standards some months earlier. In 2003, the call sign changed to XESPN. (The XEMMM calls were moved to a station Cadena Baja California then owned in Mexicali, now XEMMM-AM 940.) In 2009, ESPN Radio moved to sister FM station XHMORE while XESPN joined ESPN Deportes Radio.

On November 1, 2010,[2] CBC ceased sports programming on XESPN and adopted a news/talk format programmed by Grupo Imagen. 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.[3]

References
  1. "RPC: #060623 Concessionaire Change by Internal Reorganization — XESPN-AM" (PDF). Federal Telecommunications Institute. May 16, 2022.
  2. "Cadena Baja California". cbc.com.mx. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  3. San Diego Targeting Mexican Licenses Move Online Only Radioinsight - May 23, 2022

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