KXEW

KXEW
City	South Tucson, Arizona
Broadcast area	Tucson
Branding	Radio Tejano
Frequency	1600 kHz
First air date	1963
Format	Tejano
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	8144
Transmitter coordinates	32°11′46″N 110°59′2″W / 32.19611°N 110.98389°W / 32.19611; -110.98389Coordinates: 32°11′46″N 110°59′2″W / 32.19611°N 110.98389°W / 32.19611; -110.98389
Callsign meaning	Tribute to Mexico City's XEW
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KMIY, KNST, KYWD, KOHT, KRQQ, KTZR
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	tejano1600.com

KXEW is a commercial radio station located in South Tucson, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona, area on 1600 AM. KXEW airs a tejano music format branded as "Radio Tejano". The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..^[1] Its studios are located north of downtown Tucson along Oracle Road, while the transmitter site is in South Tucson.

KXEW first signed on for broadcasting on May 10, 1963, operating local sunrise to sunset with a directional array at 1600 Kc with 1 KW of power. The call letters were inspired by those of Mexico City's giant AM station XEW. The station was owned and operated by Pan American Radio Corporation; J. Carlos McCormick was its president, CEO and majority shareholder.

The totally Spanish-language format featured traditional Mexican, Latin American and Spanish recorded music, with hourly newscasts and sports and social commentary segments throughout the day. The style of programming was an adaptation of "Color Radio" that had been borrowed from its innovator, former Tucson disk jockey, Chuck Blore. Oscar Humberto Stevens, Sr. was the first station manager, and Lorenzo Palma Cárdenas was the first program director. The directional antenna array was designed by and the station's studio, transmitter and phaser equipment installed by Oscar Leon Cuellar, who later became Arizona's first registered professional engineer with a broadcasting and communication specialization.

The station was nicknamed Radio Fiesta. During its first years of operation some of the radio personalities who served on its staff were Alfonso Gárfias, Chato López Quintana, Tony Castro Miranda, Arnulfo "Fito" Palma Cárdenas, Ernesto Portillo Villalobos, Enrique Villegas Grácia and Manuel Palma Parra. Oscar Stevens, Carlos McCormick, Ernesto Portillo, Lorenzo Palma, Tony Castro and Enrique Villegas had formerly worked at KEVT, Tucson's first all Spanish-language station. KXEW was the first Arizona commercial radio station license granted to a corporation/person controlled and managed by an applicant of Mexican ancestry. KXEW was sold in 1968 to a group headed the entertainer, Harry Belafonte. It continued under the management of Ernesto Portillo.

References

↑ "KXEW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2012-03-19.

External links

Official Website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KXEW

Radio-Locator Information on KXEW

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KXEW

Tucson, Arizona area radio stations

By AM frequency	580 690 790 830 940 990 1030 1080 1210 1290 1330 1400 1450 1490 1550 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.1 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.9 96.1 97.1 97.5 98.3 98.5 98.7 98.9 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.3 102.1 104.1 104.9 105.3 106.3 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K255AC K285DL KAIC KCEE KCMT KCUB KEVT KFFN KFLT KFLT-FM KFMA KGMS KGVY KHYT KIIM-FM KLPX KLTU KMIY KMXZ-FM KNST KOHT KPYT-LP KQTH KRDX KRQQ KSAZ KSZR KTGV KTKT KTUC KTZR KUAT-FM KUAZ KUAZ-FM KVOI KWFM KWXL-LP KXCI KXEW KYWD KZLZ KZMK WXL30

Nearby radio markets Nogales, Arizona Nogales, Sonora Phoenix See also List of radio stations in Arizona

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio NBC News Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Arizona

Stations	KASA – Phoenix KBMB – Black Canyon City KCEC-FM – Wellton KCKO – Rio Rico KCKY – Coolidge KCMT – Green Valley KDAP – Douglas KDVA – Buckeye KHOT – Paradise Valley KHOV – Wickenburg KIDR – Phoenix KKMR – Arizona City KLNZ – Glendale KNOG – Nogales KNUV – Tolleson KOFH – Nogales KOMR – Sun City KQMR – Globe KRIT – Parker KRMB – Bisbee KRMC – Douglas KSAZ – Marana KTKT – Tucson KUKY – Wellton KVVA – Apache Junction KXEW – South Tucson KYRM – Yuma KZLZ – Casas Adobes

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arizona See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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