- XEPE-AM
Infobox Radio station
name = XEPE-AM
city =
area =Tecate, Baja California Tijuana, Baja California San Diego, California
branding = San Diego 1700 AM
slogan = "The Talk of San Diego."
airdate =March 28 , 2005
frequency = 1700 kHz
format =Talk radio
power =
erp = 10,000watt s
sister_stations =XEPRS-AM ,XHPRS-FM
class = B
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner =Broadcast Company of the Americas
licensee =
webcast = [http://stream3.12milesout.net/cash1700 Listen Live]
website = [http://www.sandiego1700.com/ www.sandiego1700.com]
affiliations =XEPE-AM or San Diego 1700 AM is an English-language
talk radio station licensed toTecate, Baja California ,Mexico . Like other such stations, it focuses upon listeners in theSan Diego, California area across the international border in theUnited States .XEPE originally signed on mid-
August 2005 with a [http://www.businesstalkradio.net business talk] format. It carried strictly business talk under the branding "Cash 1700" untilAugust 1 ,2007 , when the switch to atalk radio format. The programming is mostly conservative talk radio featuring [http://www.marklarson.com/ Mark Larson] , [http://www.raylucia.com Ray Lucia] ,Dennis Miller , andMichael Reagan .XEPE broadcasts at 10,000 watts. The 1700 kHz frequency has de facto
clear channel status since theFederal Communications Commission does not allow radio stations in the United States to be licensed above 1690 kHz and Mexico does. (In fact, many stations above 1600 kHz have extended ranges because of a similar phenomenon; the FCC only started handing out those frequencies in the 1980s.) It has been known that XEPE-AM has been picked up at night in Seattle and other western US cities.XEPE's U.S. programming and sales rights are owned by the same company which operates
XEPRS-AM (1090 kHz, XX 1090) /XHPRS-FM (FM 105.7, 105.7 The Walrus), with studios and offices in the San Diego community of La Jolla. San Diego 1700 AM is theflagship station home of nationally syndicated financial talk show host [http://www.raylucia.com Ray Lucia] .The station has also added some left-leaning "progressive talk" format, hoping to fill in the hole in the San Diego market left by the demise of
KLSD . Among the daily shows is one hosted by [http://www.stacytaylor.com Stacy Taylor] , who was the only local host on KLSD before it became asports radio station. Taylor filled in forRandi Rhodes onNova M Radio , April 29 and 30, 2008. San Diego 1700 also carriesThe Lionel Show during theovernight hours.ports rights
Currently, play-by-play on San Diego 1700 AM consists of the
University of San Diego football games, and theLake Elsinore Storm minor league baseball team. At one time, it airedSan Diego State Aztecs basketball (now onKOGO or KLSD), USD basketball games (now on XEPRS), and theLos Angeles Galaxy ofMajor League Soccer (now onKLAC and KTLK in Los Angeles). It was also the flagship station of theSan Diego Shockwave of theNational Indoor Football League until the league suspended operations.Until XX Sports Radio's FM signal (
XHBCE 105.7) started broadcasting, AM 1700 also carried someSan Diego Padres games, primarily to cover parts of eastern San Diego County.External links
* [http://www.sandiego1700.com San Diego 1700 AM]
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