KEDA (AM)
Radio station in San Antonio, Texas, United States
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KEDA (1540 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to San Antonio, Texas, United States, the station serves the San Antonio area. The station is currently owned by Claro Communications.[2]
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Broadcast area | Greater San Antonio |
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| Frequency | 1540 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Jalapeño |
| Programming | |
| Format | Tejano and Conjunto |
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First air date | March 17, 1966 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°21′30″N 98°21′5″W |
| Translators | 95.5 K238BZ (Seguin) 96.5 K243CV (San Antonio) 99.9 K260CC (San Antonio) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kedaradio.com |
History
KEDA (1540 AM) founded on March 17, 1966, by Manuel G. Davila. KEDA is regarded by some as one of the first Tejano Music radio stations in the United States.[3] Davila's first words on the opening day of his station were "KEDA está en el aire."[4] From its founding KEDA committed to the goal of supporting the local tejano bands of San Antonio. KEDA's format has remained relatively unchanged since its inception.[5]
In July 2011, Claro Communications (headed by Gerald Benavides) bought the radio station.Conjunto station's sale marks end of an era The format remains the same with much of KEDA's previous air staff still working there.
On March 17, 2014, KEDA went into the FM spectrum at 87.7 FM.About – KEDA FM Archived April 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine