XESURF-AM

XESURF-AM
Broadcast area	San Diego-Tijuana, Pasadena, California
Frequency	540 (kHz)
Format	Spanish Religion
Power	100 watts
Class	B
Callsign meaning	SURF (from "The Surf" name 2002-05)
Former callsigns	XETIN-AM, XEJAZZ-AM, XEBACH-AM
Owner	Radio Rys, S.A. de C.V.^[1] (programmed by Zion Multimedia)
Sister stations	KNLA
Website	http://www.radiozion.net

XESURF-AM is a Mexican-licensed radio station. The transmitter site is located near Tijuana, Baja California. The AM station is operated by Zion Multimedia Inc. located in Downey, California, United States. XESURF's signal is heard throughout much of Southern California, including the San Diego and Los Angeles metropolitan area.

History

In the 1940s, 540 kHz was home to KFMB. When KFMB moved up the dial to 760 kHz, the government broadcast authorities in the U.S. and Mexico reserved 540 kHz for a Mexico-based radio station. However, for a few years in the 1980s, there was a U.S.-licensed radio station at this frequency, KSHO in Hesperia, California. That station played Broadway show tunes. It was not until the 1990s that the concession was awarded for XETIN-AM, which was originally licensed as a 5 kW daytimer.

The station became jazz-formatted XEJAZZ-AM in the late 1990s and XEBACH-AM in 2000, broadcasting classical music. In March 2002, the station was relaunched with an adult standards format known as The Surf, which aired on newly rechristened XESURF-AM and on KSUR/KGIL/KMZT 1260 in Los Angeles. The station spent much of the mid-2000s simulcasting that station, with adult standards until February 2004, oldies until February 2005, and then adult standards again until October 2006.

In October 2006, the station flipped to a contemporary country music format, simulcasting KMZT sister KKGO FM. In May 2007, the station split to air classic country music as "540 The Zoo".

On November 27, 2007, XESURF changed formats yet again, to its current religious format.

References

↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2015-06-25.

Radio stations in Tijuana, Baja California

By FM frequency	88.5 88.7 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.5 92.9 94.5 95.3 98.9 99.3 99.7 102.5 104.5 104.9 105.7 107.3 107.7

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HD Radio	950 99.7-1 102.5-1 102.5-2 102.5-3 107.3-1

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