KAMA (AM)
Encyclopedia
KAMA is a radio station
broadcasting a Spanish
News/Talk format. Licensed to El Paso, Texas
, USA, the station serves the El Paso area. The station is currently owned by Univision Communications
through its licensee Tichenor License Corporation and features programing from Univision Radio
.
The origins of KAMA trace back to Mexican station XELO (AM) on 800 kHz. XELO was programmed in Spanish starting in the 1930s. By the 1940s the station was Spanish language by day and English brokered time at night when the skywave propagation kicked in. The station was legendary for items such as patent medicine offers, "Autographed Photos of J Christ of Biblical fame", live chicks by mail, and Carr Collins Crazy water crystals.
In 1972 the daytime format moved to a new AM in El Paso on 1060 KAMA. In 1985 KAMA moved to its new signal on 750 which operated 24 hours a day; the 1060 frequency became KFNA, now known today as KXPL
.
The station was sold to Tichenor Media, operator of longtime rival KBNA in 1994. Tichenor merged into Heftel broadcasting in 1997, changed name to Hispanic Broadcasting Corp in 2000, and merged into Univision Communications in 2003.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Spanish
Spanish language
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News/Talk format. Licensed to El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
, USA, the station serves the El Paso area. The station is currently owned by Univision Communications
Univision Communications
Univision Communications is an American Spanish language media company in the United States. Its headquarters are in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Prior to 2007, the headquarters were in Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- History :...
through its licensee Tichenor License Corporation and features programing from Univision Radio
Univision Radio
Univision Radio is the radio division of media giant Univision Communications, Inc., which also ownsthe Univision television network. The company was formerly known as Hispanic Broadcasting Corporation. It is the eighth largest radio company in the United States, and the largest Hispanic radio...
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History
The station went on the air as KEPB on 1985-04-18. On 1985-07-11, the station changed its call sign to the current KAMA.The origins of KAMA trace back to Mexican station XELO (AM) on 800 kHz. XELO was programmed in Spanish starting in the 1930s. By the 1940s the station was Spanish language by day and English brokered time at night when the skywave propagation kicked in. The station was legendary for items such as patent medicine offers, "Autographed Photos of J Christ of Biblical fame", live chicks by mail, and Carr Collins Crazy water crystals.
In 1972 the daytime format moved to a new AM in El Paso on 1060 KAMA. In 1985 KAMA moved to its new signal on 750 which operated 24 hours a day; the 1060 frequency became KFNA, now known today as KXPL
KXPL
KXPL is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to El Paso, Texas, USA, the station is currently owned by New Radio System, Inc....
.
The station was sold to Tichenor Media, operator of longtime rival KBNA in 1994. Tichenor merged into Heftel broadcasting in 1997, changed name to Hispanic Broadcasting Corp in 2000, and merged into Univision Communications in 2003.