{{short description|Radio station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua}} {{Infobox radio station | name = XEF-AM | logo = File:XEF Activa1420 logo.png | city = Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | country = MX | frequency = 1420 AM | branding = Activa | format = Talk radio | affiliations = | owner = MegaRadio | licensee = José Luis Boone Menchaca | sister_stations = XEFV-AM, XEJPV-AM, XEWR-AM, XEZOL-AM, XHGU-FM, XHH-FM | airdate = September 29, 1935 | power = 5 kW day<br/>0.5 kW night{{mexico-inf|AM|accessdate=2015-08-18}} | coordinates = {{coord|31|41|09.8|N|106|25|47.45|W}}<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/270115-TECNICA-009487.pdf RPC: Technical Modification #009487 - Change in Radiation System - XEF-AM]</ref> | webcast = | website = {{URL|1=https://megaradio.mx/estaciones/|2=megaradio.mx}} }}

'''XEF-AM''' is a talk radio station on 1420 AM in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. XEF-AM is known as Activa and is owned by MegaRadio.

==History== XEF-AM went on the air at 1450&nbsp;kHz on September 29, 1935.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37584440/new_radio_station_will_open_sunday/|work=El Paso Herald-Post|page=1|date=September 27, 1935|title=New Radio Station Will Open Sunday|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> It was the first station in the Juárez-El Paso region to broadcast exclusively in Spanish, receiving its concession in 1937. José Carlos Amaya was the original concessionaire;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=4475914&fecha=17/07/1948&cod_diario=189731|date=July 17, 1948|work=Diario Oficial de la Federación|title=NOTIFICACION a los que se consideren afectados con la autorización provisional número 579, expedida al señor Carlos Amaya, para explotar la estación radiodifusora comercial XEF, en Ciudad Juárez, Chih.|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> by the 1960s, Boone Menchaca was the concessionaire.

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Ciudad Juarez Radio}}

Category:1935 establishments in Mexico Category:Mass media in Ciudad Juárez Category:Mexican radio stations with expired concessions Category:Radio stations established in 1935 Category:Radio stations in Chihuahua Category:News and talk radio stations in Mexico

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