XEQ-AM, also known as Bésame (Kiss Me), is a Mexican clear-channel station on 940 kHz and licensed for Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. It is licensed to Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. and operated by Radiópilis, a company owned by Televisa Radio

Televisa Radio

Televisa Radio is a division of Televisa focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting.-List of stations owned by Televisa Radio:*XEW-AM - news, talk *XEW-FM - FM relay of AM station...

 and PRISA

PRISA

Promotora de Informaciones, S.A is a Spanish media conglomerate. The PRISA group was founded in 1972 by Jesús de Polanco.-Newspapers:* El País, daily newspaper* Diario AS sports newspaper* Cinco Días economic newspaper-Magazines:...

's Unión Radio.

XEQ-AM is licensed domestically in Mexico for 50,000 watt

Watt

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s day and night, but is listed as a foreign station in the U.S. FCC

Federal Communications Commission

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 databases as 150,000 watts during the daytime and in the Mexico City borough of Iztapalapa

Iztapalapa

Iztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa, which is officially called Iztapalapa de Cuitláhuac for disambiguation purposes...

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In the early 1940s, XEQ was owned by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta

Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta

Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta or Emilio Azcárraga Sr. was a Mexican businessman son of Basque immigrants Mariano Azcárraga and Emilia Vidaurreta....

 and was an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network

CBS Radio Network

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 as part of the "Chain of the Americas". Azcárraga's broadcasting empire is now known as Televisa

Televisa

Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

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External links

• Bésame FM: La Radio Apasionada — official site