# XEF-AM

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{{short description|Radio station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = XEF-AM
| logo             = File:XEF Activa1420 logo.png
| city             = [Ciudad Juárez](/source/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez), [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state))
| country          = MX
| frequency        = [1420 AM](/source/1420_AM)
| branding         = Activa
| format           = [Talk radio](/source/Talk_radio)
| affiliations     = 
| owner            = MegaRadio
| licensee         = José Luis Boone Menchaca
| sister_stations  = [XEFV-AM](/source/XEFV-AM), [XEJPV-AM](/source/XEJPV-AM), [XEWR-AM](/source/XEWR-AM), [XEZOL-AM](/source/XEZOL-AM), [XHGU-FM](/source/XHGU-FM), [XHH-FM](/source/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](/source/1420_AM) in [Ciudad Juárez](/source/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez), [Chihuahua](/source/Chihuahua_(state)), [Mexico](/source/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

{{Chihuahua-radio-station-stub}}

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