XHK-FM

XEK-AM/XHK-FM, known as La Raza, is a radio station on 960 kHz and 90.9 MHz serving the Laredo, Texas, United States and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.

XHK-FM
CityNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Broadcast areaNuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Laredo, Texas
Frequency960 kHz
90.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding90.9 La Raza
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
Ownership
OwnerEduardo Villarreal Marroquín
OperatorLatin Western Enterprises, Inc.
History
First air dateMay 17, 1937 (AM)
April 8, 2018 (FM)
Former call signsXEDF-AM (1937–1957)
Technical information
ClassB (AM)
A (FM)
Power5,000 watts daytime
1,000 watts nighttime[1]
ERP3,000 watts[2]
HAAT33.6 meters
Transmitter coordinates27°29′34.2″N 99°30′16.87″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitelarazalaredo.com

History
Last logo prior to Cortez family operation

XEDF-AM was founded on May 17, 1937, by Ruperto Villarreal, who was 18 years old. It was one of the first stations in the two Laredos, originally broadcasting on 790 kHz.

In the 1950s, XEDF moved to 960. It also engaged in a callsign swap with 970 AM in Mexico City, then XEK-AM. The Mexico City station desired the XEDF calls, assigned sequentially, as the DF was the abbreviation for the Federal District. As a result, on October 22, 1957, the Nuevo Laredo station took on the XEK-AM calls. At the end of its life, it operated with 5,000 watts.

XEK was approved for AM-FM migration in 2017 as part of a second wave of stations and signed on XHK-FM 90.9 on April 7, 2018.[3] XEK-AM signed off April 7, 2019 after the required year of simulcasting.[4] However, on June 5, 2019, the IFT unanimously declared a continuity obligation for XEK,[5] which according to a 2018 study left 59 people without any radio service when it signed off the air.[6]

For decades, XEK/XHK branded as La Estación Grande de Nuevo Laredo, until December 1, 2019, when XHK became 90.9 La Raza, taking over the grupera format that had been on the Cortez family's XHBK-FM 95.7 and was supplied to that station under a five-year LMA with Latin Western Enterprises of Laredo.[7]

gollark: It still seems to *work*, but the noise is annoying and I figure relying on it continuing to work with a capacitor blown or something is maybe not smart.
gollark: The nearest repair centres are, according to the website, quite far away, too.
gollark: My device is still warrantied but not having a laptop for ages while it gets repaired would be very inconvenient, so does anyone know how long this sort of thing generally takes to get fixed (or if there is a simple repair I can do, but I doubt it)?
gollark: I have begun hearing a periodic buzzing-ish noise when heavy GPU loads occur, since hearing a "pop" noise earlier today. I figure this is a failure of the GPU power supply somehow.
gollark: It seems kind of dubious that someone can remotely do serious physical damage to your wireless hardware.

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-15. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. RPC: #030217 Technical Parameters of Operation - XHK-FM
  3. Post from XEK on Facebook
  4. RPC: #034163 Termination of AM Operations — XEK-AM
  5. IFT: XIV Sesión Ordinaria del Pleno, June 5, 2019
  6. Federal Telecommunications Institute (December 2018). "Estudio de continuidad de los servicios de radiodifusión sonora en AM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  7. FCC 325(c) Filing, XHBK-FM, 2015


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