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XHBK FM

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Branding
  
95.7 La Raza

Format
  
Regional Mexican

Frequency
  
1340 kHz 95.7 MHz

Power
  
1,000 watts

City
  
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Broadcast area
  
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Laredo, Texas

XEBK-AM/XHBK-FM (branded as 95.7 La Raza) is an AM-FM combo Regional Mexican radio station that serves the Laredo, Texas, United States and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico border area.

History

XEBK received its concession on March 10, 1936. It was owned by Gilberto Guajardo and Juan Manuel Cortés and broadcast on 1000 kHz. Francisco Javier Cortés Delgado became the concessionaire in 1957, and under his leadership, XEBK moved to 1340 and increased power to 500 watts day and 250 at night, later increased to 1,000 watts. In 1994, it became an FM combo, adding XHBK-FM 95.7. The current concessionaire took over the station in 2006.

References

XHBK-FM Wikipedia