XESTN-AM

XESTN-AM
City	Monterrey, Nuevo León,; México
Broadcast area	Monterrey
Frequency	1540 AM (kHz)
Branding	Universal y La Octava
Programming
Format	News/talk, sports, contemporary music in English
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Radio Centro ; (Radio Red, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XEFB-AM, XEH-AM, XEMN-AM, XHQQ-FM, XHMF-FM
History
First air date	1988
Call sign meaning	SanTa CatariNa
Technical information
Class	B
Power	5 kWs day; 0.5 kWs night
Transmitter coordinates	25°40′05″N 100°18′43″W / 25.66806°N 100.31194°W
Links
Website	laoctava.com; universal881.com

XESTN-AM (1540 AM, "Universal y La Octava") is a Spanish-language radio station in Monterrey, Mexico. It relays programming from XHRED-FM 88.1 in Mexico City. 1540 kHz is a United States clear-channel frequency.

History[]

Logo used as "Radio Red Monterrey" through January 2019

The first concession for XESTN was awarded on November 29, 1988, to Jesús D. González González of Grupo Multimedios. The station was originally daytime-only^[2] and licensed to Santa Catarina.^[3] It was transferred in 2000 to Radio Red, S.A. de C.V., though Radio Red programs had been airing on XESTN since at least 1994. In 2009, the station increased its daytime power to 5,000 watts.

On January 14, 2019, concurrent with a major reshuffling and the relaunch of XERC-FM Mexico City as talk station "Radio Centro 97.7", XESTN and XEDKR-AM Guadalajara began simulcasting that station instead of Radio Red.

As part of the launch of Radio Centro's TV station, XHFAMX-TDT, on October 31, 2019, Universal moved to XERC-FM and all the talk programming moved back to XHRED-FM, which took the same "La Octava", XEDKR-AM and XESTN-AM Monterrey began simulcasting that station.

References[]

^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-23. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
^ Original XESTN concession
^ Current XESTN concession

External links[]

XESTN on Radio-Locator
XESTN in the FCC AM station database

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[mexico-inf-AM-1] Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-23. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.

[2] Original XESTN concession

[3] Current XESTN concession

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v t Radio stations in Monterrey, Nuevo León
By AM frequency	570 600 630 660 690 770 800 860 990 1050 1090 1140 1190 1230 1280 1310 1340 ¹ 1420 1480 1510 1540
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.7 101.3 102.1 102.9 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.7
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	88.1-1 88.5-1 88.5-2 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 89.3-4 90.9-1 92.9-1 103.7-1 103.7-2 103.7-3
By call sign	XEACH XEAU XEAW XEBJB ¹ XECT XEERG XEFB XEFZ XEG XEH XEIZ XEMN XEMR XENL XENV XEQI XERG XESTN XET-AM XET-FM XETKR XEVB XHAW XHCHL XHERG XHFMTU HD2 HD3 XHGBO XHITS XHJD XHJM XHLUPE XHMF XHMG XHMN XHMON HD2 HD3 HD4 XHMSN XHOK XHPJ XHQI XHQQ XHRK XHRL XHSP XHSR XHSRO XHTEC XHTYL XHUNL XHUDEM XHWAG HD2 XHXL
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Programming
City	Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Broadcast area	Monterrey
Frequency	1540 AM (kHz)
Branding	Universal y La Octava
Format	News/talk, sports, contemporary music in English
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Radio Centro (Radio Red, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XEFB-AM, XEH-AM, XEMN-AM, XHQQ-FM, XHMF-FM
History
First air date	1988
Call sign meaning	SanTa CatariNa
Technical information
Class	B
Power	5 kWs day 0.5 kWs night^[1]
Transmitter coordinates	25°40′05″N 100°18′43″W / 25.66806°N 100.31194°W / 25.66806; -100.31194
Links
Website	laoctava.com universal881.com