XEMP-AM
{{short description|Radio station in Mexico City}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = XEMP-AM
| logo =
| city = Mexico City
| area = Greater Mexico City
| branding = Radio 710
| frequency = 710 kHz
| airdate = November 1, 1961
| format = Regional Mexican
| power = 10 kW day
1 kW night{{mexico-inf|AM|accessdate=2014-12-18}}
| class = B
| coordinates = {{coord|19|18|33.9|N|99|03|33.3|W}}
| licensee =
| owner = Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
| webcast = [http://player.fullviewplayer.com/p_imer.php?pid=367&t=1418963192354 XEMP-AM]
| website = https://www.imer.mx/radio710/
}}
XEMP-AM is a radio station in the Mexican capital Mexico City. Broadcasting on 710 AM, XEMP-AM is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a regional Mexican format under the name Radio 710.
History
XEMP-AM signed on November 1, 1961, as "La charrita del cuadrante", a station devoted to ranchera music. It was originally owned by Mercedes Rivero Arredondo de Tuero. In 1965, Rivero solicited a shortwave counterpart, which would have broadcast on 11,740 kHz as XEMP-OC. On September 30, 1976, XEMP was transferred to Radio Visión Mexicana, S.A.
When IMER was incorporated in 1983, it became Opus 710, a culturally-oriented format; this migrated to the new XHIMER-FM 94.5 in June 1986. However, in September 1985 and in the aftermath of the earthquakes that hit Mexico City, XEMP became a news station known as Radio Información. This gave way to tropical music in 1990 and Mexican regional again in the 2000s, which in turn yielded to Spanish-language rock in 2008 as "Interferencia 7Diez".
The station returned to its roots as a regional Mexican music outlet on February 1, 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.imer.mx/lanueva710/acerca-de-la-nueva-710/ |title=IMER: XEMP-AM History |access-date=2014-12-19 |archive-date=2014-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219095139/http://www.imer.mx/lanueva710/acerca-de-la-nueva-710/ |url-status=dead }}
External links
- [http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=XEMP FCC information for XEMP]