XEGH-AM

XEGH
City Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas
Broadcast area McAllen, Texas, USA/Reynosa, Mexico
Branding La Lupe
Slogan March 30, 1995 (concession)
Frequency 620 AM
Power 1 kW Day
250 watts Night[1]
Class B
Owner Ernesto Montemayor Ibarra

XEGH-AM (branded as La Lupe) is a Spanish-language AM radio station that serves the McAllen, Texas (USA) / Reynosa, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area. XEGH broadcasts on the AM frequency of 620 kHz.

The broadcast tower is around 10 miles from the United States border in Mexico.[2]

History

XEGH received its concession on March 30, 1995. The callsign had been assigned 25 years earlier, in August 1970, when the station was made available for bidding. Montemayor Ibarra initially owned the station for Grupo ACIR.


In 2016, XEGH will become an AM simulcast of XHCAO-FM 89.1.

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