Hall-TX Tim Hall, DXing in Houston, TX ICF-2010, Kiwa Pocket Loop, Delco
car radio
PAN-AMERICAN DX:
550 MEXICO XEKL Romantica 5-50 AM Jalapa, VER FEB 18 1234 - Noted several
mornings with this slogan and IDs. 5kW. [Hall-TX]
580 MEXICO XEMU La Rancherita Piedras Negras, COAH FEB 18 1158 - Local
ads, "La Rancherita, la estacion del Pueblo." [Hall-TX]
620 MEXICO XENK Radio 6-20 Mexico, DF FEB 18 1156 - XE anthem and ID.
[Hall-TX]
630 MEXICO XEFB F-B Romantica Monterrey, NL FEB 16 0358 - End of
romantic music program "los bellos tiempos", ID. [Hall-TX]
630 MEXICO XEFU Cosamaloapan, VER FEB 16 0400 - ID and XE anthem mising
with XEFB. [Hall-TX]
640 MEXICO XENQ N-Q La Superestacion Tulancingo, HDGO FEB 13 0713 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
660 MEXICO XEEY 6-60 Consentida Aguascalientes, AGUA FEB 18 1236 - Very
good with ID. [Hall-TX]
690 MEXICO XEN La 69 Mexico, DF FEB 15 0550 - ID, mentioned Grupo
Radiofonico affiliation. [Hall-TX]
690 MEXICO XEMA Fresnillo, ZAC FEB 18 1240 - Good with local ad string.
[Hall-TX]
710 MEXICO XEMP La Mexicana Mexico, DF FEB 14 0933 - ID and mentions of
IMER affiliation. [Hall-TX]
720 MEXICO XEAVR Radio Formula Alvarado, VER FEB 18 0201 - Local ads and
PSAs, ID. [Hall-TX]
730 MEXICO XEX Estadio W Mexico, DF FEB 18 1243 - Very loud with full ID.
[Hall-TX]
750 MEXICO XETI Radio Fiesta Tempoal, VER FEB 18 0139 - Nice full ID
mentioned 10kW and Radio Grupo del Golfo. Ad for El Sol de Tampico.
[Hall-TX]
760 MEXICO XEABC ABC Radio Mexico, DF FEB 18 1313 - ID. [Hall-TX]
780 MEXICO XEMTS Radio Formula Tampico, TAMA FEB 17 0540 - ID by man.
Intermittent audio. [Hall-TX]
800 MEXICO XEDD Montemorelos, NL FEB 16 0328 - Ads, time/temperature, and
ID. Like most of the Mexican stations I listened to this week, this one ran
frequent PSAs for various Mexican government agencies. [Hall-TX]
820 MEXICO XEBM La Ranchera, La Mera Mera San Luis Potosi, SLP FEB 13
0451 - Station is here now, ex-920, and relaying XHBM-FM with new slogan.
Getting out well, was logged every night I was in town. WBAP must be
thrilled. [Hall-TX]
830 MEXICO XEITE Radio Capital Mexico, DF FEB 17 1144 - ID. [Hall-TX]
830 MEXICO XELN La Super Llegadora Linares, NL FEB 13 1232 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
840 MEXICO XEFG Radio Pachanga Celaya, GJTO FEB 17 0548 - ID. [Hall-TX]
860 MEXICO XEUN Radio UNAM Mexico, DF FEB 18 1246 - XE anthem, ID "Radio
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, XEUN" mentioned FM 96.7 and SW
9600. [Hall-TX]
880 MEXICO XEYV La Invasora Huatusco, VER FEB 19 0500 - Noted several
times with this slogan. 5kW. [Hall-TX]
890 MEXICO XEAK Radio Consentida Acambaro, GJTO FEB 16 1212 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
890 MEXICO XEBY La Consentida Tuxpan, VER FEB 15 1204 - Local ads. Easy
to get this one mixed up with XEAK (XEAK is the more common catch here).
[Hall-TX]
900 MEXICO XEW Mexico, DF / XEWB Veracruz, VER FEB 19 1200 - Normally
these two stations are noted running the same programming a fraction of a
second apart. This morning I seemed to be getting separate programs from
the two stations for a few minutes before the echo came back. This could
stand some additional monitoring. [Hall-TX]
930 MEXICO XEU La U de Veracruz Veracruz, VER FEB 16 1107 - Jingle "La U
de Veracruz" and ID. [Hall-TX]
940 MEXICO XEQ Besame 9-40 Mexico, DF FEB 18 0157 - ID. [Hall-TX]
970 MEXICO XERFR Radio Formula Mexico, DF FEB 13 1229 - ID. [Hall-TX]
970 MEXICO XEO Radio Gallito Matamoros, TAMA FEB 15 2351 - ID and jingle
"Radio Gallito, su estacion." [Hall-TX]
990 MEXICO XET Monterrey, NL FEB 13 0525 - Local news and ID. [Hall-TX]
990 MEXICO XEID Radio Canon Alamo, VER FEB 17 1237 - ID mentioned 10kW.
[Hall-TX]
1000 MEXICO XEOY Mexico, DF FEB 15 0404 - ID mentioned 50kW. [Hall-TX]
1040 MEXICO XEBBB Radio Mujer Guadalajara, JAL FEB 13 0528 - ID by
woman. [Hall-TX]
1090 MEXICO XEHR Radio ACIR Puebla, PUEB FEB 15 0658 - ID mentioned
address on Plaza Cinco de Mayo in Puebla. Noted often on this trip.
[Hall-TX]
1090 MEXICO XEWL La Romantica 10-90 Nuevo Laredo, TAMA FEB 17 0040 -
Time, temperature, and ID, mising with XEHR. [Hall-TX]
1100 MEXICO XETGO Radio Alegria Tlatenango, ZAC FEB 15 0554 - Local ads
and slogans, frequently used the phrase "el poder de la radio." [Hall-TX]
1110 MEXICO XERED Radio Red Mexico, DF FEB 14 0206 - ID. [Hall-TX]
1120 MEXICO XEPOP La Movidita(?) Puebla, PUEB FEB 14 0923 - ID, mentioned
5kW and Grupo ACIR Puebla affiliation. [Hall-TX]
1160 MEXICO XEVW Acambaro, GJTO FEB 18 1322 - PSAs and ad for local
chamber of commerce. [Hall-TX]
1160 MEXICO XEBE Perote, VER FEB 13 1303 - ID. [Hall-TX]
1170 MEXICO XEUVA La Rancherita Aguascalientes, AGUA FEB 13 0758 - ID,
mentioned 1okW. (TRH-TX)
1170 MEXICO XECD Puebla, Puebla FEB 19 1155 - XE anthem and sign-on.
[Hall-TX]
1170 MEXICO XERT Radio Formula Reynosa, TAMA FEB 13 1235 - ID under
KFAQ. Also uses slogan Radio Rama Tamaulipas. 5kW. [Hall-TX]
1180 MEXICO XEFR Radio Felicidad 11-80 Mexico, DF FEB 13 0532 - ID by
man, mentioned Grupo ACIR affiliation. [Hall-TX]
1190 MEXICO XETOT Radio Rama Tampico Tampico, TAMA FEB 13 0459 - ID by
man. [Hall-TX]
1210 MEXICO XEBCO Colima, COL FEB 13 0605 - ID by man and woman,
mentioned IMER network. Nice to get a few western Mexican stations from
here. [Hall-TX]
1210 MEXICO XEPUE Mexicana 12-10 AM Puebla, PUEB FEB 15 1241 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
1250 MEXICO XESJ Saltillo, COAH FEB 15 0538 - Time check, ID, light music.
Mentioned slogan "la estacion de las noticias" later in the week.
[Hall-TX]
1260 MEXICO XERO Radio Recuerdo Aguascalientes, AGUA FEB 14 0251 - ID
(ex-1490). [Hall-TX]
1260 MEXICO XEL Mexico, DF FEB 14 0304 - ID "XEL AM, La 12-60." [Hall-TX]
1270 MEXICO XERPL La Poderosa Leon, GJTO FEB 15 0506 - "La Poderosa,
R-P-L, Leon." [Hall-TX]
1270 MEXICO XERRT Solar 12-70 Cd. Madero, TAMA FEB 17 0545 - Ad for El
Sol de Tampico (which I believe is a newspaper), solar 12-70 solgans.
[Hall-TX]
1280 MEXICO XEAW A-W 12-80 Monterrey, NL FEB 19 1159 - ID mentioned 10kW.
[Hall-TX]
1290 MEXICO XEDA Radio Trece Mexico, DF FEB 14 0301 - "Radio Trece,
XEDA, la nueva generacion de noticias." [Hall-TX]
1290 MEXICO XEFAC La Mera Mera Salvatierra, GJTO FEB 16 1240 - Mixing
with KIVY. Full ID including this new slogan which is also listed on their
web page. [Hall-TX]
1300 MEXICO XEXV Radio Capital, La Estrella Grupera San Francisco del
Rincon, GJTO FEB 15 1248 - Full ID including city of license. Simulcasts
88.9 FM. [Hall-TX]
1300 MEXICO XEHU Radio Tropical Martinez de la Torre, VER FEB 14 0244 -
ID over UNID sports station (probably KSET). [Hall-TX]
1310 MEXICO XETIA El Alma de Mexico Tonala, JAL FEB 16 0519 - "El sonido
del amor en el alma de Mexico." May be simulcasting an FM now. [Hall-TX]
1310 MEXICO XEAS La Tamaultipeca Nuevo Laredo, TAMA FEB 16 1150 - Joint
ID for XEAS and XHAS-FM. [Hall-TX]
1330 MEXICO XEAJ Saltillo, COAH FEB 16 1228 - Local ads and temperature
for Saltillo. Uses Imagen 90.5 slogan occasionally. [Hall-TX]
1330 MEXICO XEWQ W-Q La Superestacion Monclova, COAH FEB 18 1310 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
1340 MEXICO XELU Radio Esmeralda Cd. Serdan, PUEB FEB 17 1201 - Sign on
and full ID. This station runs 10kW, at least during the day, so it is a
good DX target. [Hall-TX]
1340 MEXICO XEMT Magia 13-40 Matamoros, TAMA FEB 13 0403 - Full ID
mentioned 1kW power, "calle ____ Zaragoza, Matamoros. Radio Grupo
Promored." I had at least 3 XEs on 1340, one of which had the "laser" sound
effects as I had logged from Florida in 2002. Still trying to figure out
which station is using the laser sounds. [Hall-TX]
1350 MEXICO XETB Radio Laguna Gomez Palacio, DUR FEB 16 0518 - ID.
[Hall-TX]
1350 MEXICO XEZD La mas buena en la frontera Cd. Camargo, TAMA FEB 17
0333 - Call ID and this new slogan repeated several times. [Hall-TX]
1370 MEXICO XEUAA Aguascalientes, AGUA FEB 15 0407 - ID by man.
[Hall-TX]
1370 MEXICO XEMON Mariachi Estereo Monterrey, NL FEB 15 2340 - This is
the only slogan I ever hear on this station anymore, except for the
occasional Radio Rama mention. [Hall-TX]
1380 MEXICO XECO Romantica 13-80 Mexico, DF FEB 15 1159 - XE anthem and
ID. [Hall-TX]
1390 MEXICO XERW Radio Formula Leon, GJTO FEB 18 1059 - ID, running Radio
Formula feed from XERFR-970. [Hall-TX]
1390 MEXICO XEXO La Super Buena Cd. Mante, TAMA FEB 13 0702 - XE anthem,
ID, "La Super Buena, Organizacion Radiofonica." [Hall-TX]
1410 MEXICO XEBS La Mas Perrona Mexico, DF FEB 13 1306 - Time check and
ID. [Hall-TX]
1410 MEXICO XEKB Canal 14-10 Guadalajara, JAL FEB 19 0603 - ID, mentioned
25kW. [Hall-TX]
1420 MEXICO XEEW Radio Formula Matamoros, TAMA FEB 14 0912 - ID mixing
with XEH Monterrey. This station is audible middays from Galveston with "LV
del Bajo Bravo" slogans. [Hall-TX]
1450 MEXICO XEJM La Caliente Monterrey, NL FEB 15 1335 - ID mentioning
simulcast of 94.1 FM and new slogan "la caliente". Lots of ads for
Doriana's. [Hall-TX]
1470 MEXICO XEAI Mexico, DF FEB 19 0359 - Call-in program and ID.
[Hall-TX]
1470 MEXICO XEHI La H-I Cd. Miguel Aleman, TAMA FEB 14 0414 - Time check
and ID, frequent use of "H-I" slogans. [Hall-TX]
1490 MEXICO XEMS La Superestacion de Matamoros Matamoros, TAMA FEB 18
0254 - ID. [Hall-TX]
1500 MEXICO XEDF Radio Formula Mexico, DF FEB 13 1224 - ID. [Hall-TX]
1530 MEXICO XEUR Frecuencia Positiva Mexico, DF FEB 18 0100 - ID into
financial talk. (TRH-TX)
1550 MEXICO XERUV Radio Universidad Jalapa, VER FEB 19 0534 - Fair-good
with talk about the University. XENU usually on top of this channel.
[Hall-TX]
1560 MEXICO XECHZ Radio Lagarto Chiapa de Corzo, CHIA FEB 18 0412 -
Several nice call letter IDs. Boneheaded local "daytimer" KILE finally
started obeying the law and turned their transmitter off so I could log this
nice catch. [Hall-TX]
1560 MEXICO XEMAS Mas 15-60 Salamanca, GJTO FEB 18 0420 - Contemporary
music under XECHZ. [Hall-TX]
1570 GUATEMALA TGVE La Voz Evangelica de America Guatemala FEB 18 0410 -
Fair-good with religious program, Radio Vea slogans. [Hall-TX]
1590 MEXICO XEVOZ Musica de la Tierra Mexico, DF FEB 18 1202 - "15-90
AM, con la musica de la tierra." [Hall-TX]
UNIDs: ----- 590 FEB 15 1217 - "5-90, siempre con actitud." [Hall-TX]
710 FEB 19 1334 - "La rancherita" [Hall-TX]
970 FEB 14 0230 - Promo announcement (station is looking for new advertisers), then "Radio Ranchito, para servirle a Usted." [Hall-TX]
970 FEB 18 0301 - ID sounded like XEBC. Maybe XEVT-TAB? [Hall-TX]
1250 FEB 16 0102 - "La inolvidable" [Hall-TX]
1260 FEB 15 2327 - "La _____ buena" [Hall-TX]
1270 FEB 14 0958 - Promo announcement for "La Rancherita." [Hall-TX]
1280 FEB 15 1244 - "Radiofonico 12-80 AM." [Hall-TX]
1330 FEB 16 0522 - "13-30 la diferencia" noted several times this week. [Hall-TX]
1340 FEB 15 1400 - Garbled call ID, "Una estacion mas de Radio Grupo _____" [Hall-TX]
1340 FEB 16 0405 - ID under KRBA mentioned Grupo Radio Noreste (or noroeste?). May have mentioned Monterrey, NL, so possibly XENV. [Hall-TX]
1340 FEB 16 1339 - Announcer may have said "Aqui en Ciudad Victoria" so maybe XERPV. XEMT faded up a bit later. [Hall-TX]
1350 FEB 16 0250 - "La tremenda" [Hall-TX]
1370 FEB 15 1301 - "Radio Zeta" [Hall-TX]
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