Branding C7 Radio Format Cultural Sister station XEJB-FM | Frequency 630 kHz City of license Guadalajara | |
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First air date May 17, 1941 (formal inauguration) Power Day: 10 kWs
Night: 500 W Callsign meaning Jalisco Barba (for Governor Silvano Barba González) Owner Secretaría de Finanzas del Gobierno del Estado | ||
XEJB-AM is an AM radio station in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Broadcasting on 630 kHz, XEJB-AM is owned by the government of Jalisco and carries a cultural radio format under the name C7 Radio.
History
XEJB is among the oldest state-owned radio stations in Mexico. It came to air on May 17, 1941, along with a shortwave counterpart, XEJG. The next month, the stations were formally launched. XEJB originally broadcast on 1000 kHz with XEJG on 4820 kHz. The stations each carried a J for Jalisco in their calls and one initial of then-governor Silvano Barba González's last name. Reports, though, often mangled XEJG's calls as XEJC because Barba González grew to be unpopular when his term concluded in 1943.
In 1948, XEJB moved to 630 kilohertz; in the early 1950s, XEJG ceased operations. 1960 saw the start of Jalisco's first FM station, the state-owned XEJB-FM on 96.4 MHz (later moved to its modern 96.3), which simulcast the AM station.