La Tremenda 106.5

Infobox Radio station
name = La Tremenda


city = Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
area = Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Laredo, Texas
branding = La Tremenda
slogan = Al Maximo
airdate = May 2006 (Pirate)
July 2008 (Legal)
frequency = 106.5 FM
format = International Contemporary
power = N/A
erp = N/A
class = pirate radio
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Javier Delgado
webcast =
website = [http://www.tremenda.com.mx/ www.tremenda.com.mx]
affiliations =

La Tremenda (branded as La Tremenda de los Dos Laredos) was an international contemporary music FM radio station that serves the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and Laredo, Texas area of the U.S.-Mexico border. From May 2006 through June 2008 the radio station was broadcasting as a pirate FM radio station since it did not have a permit or license to broadcast. In June 2008 the station was shutdown and a month later the station was back on air for a few days later to become silent again.

Callsign

This station never had a callsign due to it being a pirate radio station which broadcasted without a license or permit. Its logo contained the fictitious United States "callsign type" letters "KLPR". [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1QgJknhKYs youtube.com video showing KLPR callsign in La Tremenda's logo] accessed June 19, 2008] It used the KLPR callsign and its slogan "La Tremenda de Los Dos Laredos" (en:La Tremenda of the Two Laredos) to make it harder for the American or Mexican government to investigate its broadcasting location since it was located in the United States-Mexican border. [ [http://www.enlineadirecta.info/nota-55460-Intervienen_fuerzas_federales_estaci%C3%B3n_de_radio_.html Intervienen fuerzas federales estación de radio] (Spanish)]

hutdown

The station was shutdown by the Mexican Federal Police with orders from the Attorney General on June 5, 2008 at 2:00 PM. The last sounds broadcast were banging on doors, shouting, and glass breaking. Newspaper sources stated that "it was suspected that the signal was used for transmitting messages of members of organized crime." The shutdown of La Tremenda was part of "Operation Tamaulipas" which is the operation federal police and military are in to crackdown on drug gangs in Tamaulipas. [ [http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/mexico/archives/2008/06/federal_police_2.html San Antonio Express News article; Federal police shutdown Nuevo Laredo radio station] accessed June 19, 2008] La Tremenda's broadcasting equipment, including the antenna, was dismantled and taken by the Mexican authorities. The owner faces two to 12 years in prison and a fine of up to US$40,000. [ [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/512353.html El Universal article; Desmantela PGR estación de radio en Nuevo Laredo] (Spanish) accessed June 19, 2008] The owner of the pirate radio station plans to apply for license from the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. [ [http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19755036&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473478&rfi=8 Laredo Morning Times article; Noncompliance shutting down FM 106.5] accessed June 19, 2008]

External links

* [http://www.tremenda.com.mx/ La Tremenda 106.5 FM] — official site (down as of 2008-09-08)

ee also

*Callsign
*Pirate radio
*Pirate radio in North America
*Los Dos Laredos
*Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
*Laredo, Texas

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