XEEP-AM

XEEP-AM (branded as Radio Educación) is a radio station based in Mexico City and airing Spanish language educational programming on 1060 kHz, a North American clear-channel frequency. The station is owned by the Main Directorate of Radio Education (Spanish: Dirección General de Radio Educación), a unit of the Ministry of Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP), in cooperation with the National Council for Culture and Arts.

XEEP traces its origin to station CZE, launched November 30, 1924, as the first non-profit radio station in Mexico to broadcast cultural programming.

History

In 1922, the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education asked for permission to enter radio; this was granted in 1924. The station used the callsign CYE for several days before switching to CZE. It started at 560 kHz with 500 watts of power.

In 1928, the Dirección General de Telégrafos modified the station's permit, changing the callsign to XFX and its frequency to 910 kHz. With the new frequency, XFX was capable of covering most of Mexico, as well as into other countries. In the late 1930s, this first radio station was shut down.