XEMS-AM

Former radio station in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Mexico

Frequency1490 AMProgrammingFormatSilentOwnershipOwner

Grupo Radio Avanzado
(Sucesión de Antonio Salvador Gallegos Escalante)

Sister stations

XHMLS-FM, XHNA-FM, XERDO-AMHistory

First air date

July 25, 1952

Last air date

March 10, 2021

Call sign meaning

MatamoroSTechnical informationClassCPower1,000 watts^[1]

XEMS-AM was a radio station that served the Brownsville, Texas (United States) / Matamoros, Tamaulipas (Mexico) border area. The last brand that the station carried was Radio Mexicana with a Regional Mexican format.

History

XEMS began broadcasting on 1500 kHz in 1952. It soon moved to 1490 AM.

On March 10, 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) denied an application for the renewal of XEMS-AM's concession. The station had failed to pay three of the nine installments of its last renewal, in addition to failure to file two annual reports or pay for its studio–transmitter link frequency.^[2] XEMS had been mired in ownership problems which involved the ownership of Antonio Gallegos Escalante's estate among two women with whom he had children.^[3]

References

^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-01-13. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
^ "Resolución mediante la cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones niega la prórroga de vigencia de tres concesiones para operar y explotar comercialmente frecuencias de radiodifusión sonora para uso comercial" [Resolution by which the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute denies the renewal of three concessions to operate commercial radio stations] (PDF) (in Mexican Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. March 10, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
^ Pérez González, Jorge Alberto (October 16, 2016). "XEMS la manzana de la discordia" [XEMS, the apple of discord]. Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved August 6, 2021.