In Plainview, Texas, for a basketball tournament, I've run across a new Mexican
station that's been dominant at sunrise and sunset on the car radio on the
road. As I've listened, I concluded it was either XEHB or XEHP in Hidalgo del
Parral, "Radio Viva (Vida, or Vita, or Villa)" cincuenta mil wats, dominating
730 khz between Matador and Nazareth. Programming around sunset is one of these
many-voiced studio and phone "funny" shows with lots of sound-effects and
laugh-tracks that we hear in the morning on U.S. Spanish-speaking stations. The
full ID that comes at the beginning of long commercial strings at about :08 and
:38 actually includes call letters and frequency in English, prior to the
Spanish CL, a real surprise. I checked Cantu from the motel tonight, and find
he has XEHB-730, Radio Viva Villa, in Hidalgo del Parral, so my ears are still
good! Also in Plainview, Wednesday night, all day Thursday, and this morning,
KVOP-1090 was off the air. KRLD IBOC, KAAY and XEMCA we!
re heard.
John Callarman, KA9SPA, Family Genealogist, Retired Newspaper Editor,
DX-oyente, Krum TX (AKA Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon)
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