XET-AM

{{short description|Radio station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico}} {{about|AM 990 "La T Grande" in Monterrey, Nuevo León|AM 640 near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas|XETAM-AM}} {{Infobox radio station | country = MX | name = XET-AM | logo = File:XET-AM LaTGrande logo.png | city = Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | branding = La T Grande | frequency = 990 AM | translator = | repeater = | airdate = {{start date|1930|3|19}}<ref name="fowler"/> | format = News, soap operas, Regional Mexican | language = Spanish | power = 20,000 watts{{mexico-inf|AM|accessdate=2014-07-02}} | haat = | class = B | coordinates = {{coord|25|38|48.8|N|100|18|46.7|W}}<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/220915-TECNICA-010991.pdf RPC: Change in Transmitter Location - XET-AM]</ref> | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | affiliations = | owner = Multimedios Radio | licensee = Radio Triunfos, S.A. de C.V. | sister_stations = '''Radio''': XERG-AM; XENL-AM; XEAU-AM; XEAW-AM; XETKR-AM; XHERG-FM; XET-FM; XHJD-FM; XHAW-FM; XHTKR-FM; XHLUPE-FM; XHITS-FM; XHPJ-FM;<br>'''TV''': XHAW-TDT; | webcast = {{listenlive|https://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/XETAM_SC}} | website = {{url|https://www.mmradio.com/estaciones/la-t-grande-xet-990-am-monterrey}} }} '''XET-AM''', nicknamed '''La T Grande''', is a commercial AM radio station on 990 kHz at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.<ref name="mexico-inf-AM"/> It is part of Multimedios Radio's Monterrey station cluster. The transmitter is located in San Nicolás de los Garza, near Monterrey.<ref>[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&mex=FER044273CO-105117&mexsvc=AM FCCdata.org/XET-AM]</ref>

==History==

XET went on the air in March 1930 as Monterrey's second radio station after XEH. It was founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de la G |first=Enrique G. de la |date=December 4, 2011 |title=XELA: Crónica de una muerte |url=https://letraslibres.com/revista-mexico/xela-cronica-de-una-muerte/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Letras Libres |language=es-MX}}</ref> and eventually became a border blaster targeting the United States in English with a 50,000 watt signal. Studios were located at Galeana and Hidalgo streets. In the 2000s, it reduced its power to 20,000 watts. Azcárraga later sold the station to Cervecería Cuauhtémoc.

The Carter Family worked at the station in its early years, performing their country music and bluegrass music. As the station could be heard at night in the parts of the United States, XET helped the Carter Family's music became well known. In February 1939, over the air live, Sara Carter dedicated the song ''I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes'' to her long-lost boyfriend Coy Bayes. On February 20, 1939, Sara Carter and Coy Bayes married at Brackettville, Texas.<ref name="fowler">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DdHi3dbIJRQC | title = Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves | first1 = Gene | last1 = Fowler | first2 = Bill | last2 = Crawford | edition = Revised | publisher = University of Texas Press | location = Austin, Texas | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-292-72538-8 | page = 203 }}</ref>

In the 1970s, Grupo Estrellas de Oro, the predecessor to Multimedios Radio, acquired XET.

==Further reading== *Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the US, by Gilder, Eric. - Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 {{ISBN|973-651-596-6}}

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Category:Radio stations established in 1930 Category:Multimedios Radio Category:Radio stations in Monterrey Category:1930 establishments in Mexico