XEPE-AM

XEPE-AM

Tecate, Baja California Mexico
Broadcast area	San Diego-Tijuana
Frequency	1700 kHz
Branding	Radio Tijuana
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Format	Talk radio
Ownership
Owner	Primer Sistema de Noticias (Media Sports de México, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XESS-AM, XEWW-AM, XESDD-AM, XEAZ-AM, XEC-AM, XHPRS-FM
History
First air date	March 28, 2005 (2005-03-28)
Former call signs	XEKTT-AM (1994–2005)
Technical information
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts[1]
Transmitter coordinates	32°32′16″N 116°59′23″W / 32.53778°N 116.98972°W / 32.53778; -116.98972
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	psn.si

XEPE-AM (1700 kHz) is a radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, serving the San Diego–Tijuana area. XEPE is owned and operated by Media Sports de México, a company of businessman and former Baja California governor Jaime Bonilla Valdez, and is part of his Primer Sistema de Noticias network. It is known as Radio Tijuana,^[2] and simulcasts the Expresión Ciudadana talk programming of XHBJ-TDT 45.2.

XEPE is on the air 24 hours a day at 10,000 watts in the AM expanded band, commonly known as the "X band", and is the only commercial station in the expanded band. The 1700 kHz frequency has de facto clear channel status. There are no expanded AM band stations at 1700 AM in the United States west of Texas or in the rest of Mexico. Unlike most X-band stations in the U.S., which reduce their power to 1,000 watts at night, XEPE keeps its 10,000 watts of power around the clock. It uses a directional antenna at all times, with its transmitter in Cerro Jaramillo.^[3]