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ESNE Radio
Country	United States, Mexico, Spain
Programming
Language(s)	Spanish
Ownership
Owner	El Sembrador Ministries
History
Launch date	March 1, 2003
Links
Website	[1]

ESNE Radio is a Spanish-language Catholic radio network based in the United States, owned by El Sembrador Ministries. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, a Los Angeles neighborhood, ESNE broadcasts on 14 stations in the United States, Mexico and Spain. ESNE also broadcasts a Spanish-language television channel, ESNE TV, launched in 2002.^[1]

History

On March 1, 2003, El Sembrador, led by founder Noel Díaz, began programming KHPY (1670 AM) in Moreno Valley, California, under a time brokerage agreement; it purchased that station in 2008.^[2] Díaz had previously started a weekly Catholic radio program, Dimensión de Fe (Dimension of Faith), in 1990.^[1]

In 2013, the network acquired KRXA, serving Monterey, California;^[3] the next year, it began brokering time on KURS in San Diego, later buying that station in 2016.^[4] A second southern California signal was acquired in 2015 when it picked up KTYM after Immaculate Heart Radio instead bought another Los Angeles outlet.^[5]

El Sembrador expanded into Utah by buying Ogden's 1430 AM—then KLO—for $260,000 in 2020.^[6] A third station in the Central Coast region of California will be added when the ministry closes on its purchase of KKMC (880 AM) in Gonzales, California, from Monterey County Broadcasters.^[7] Additionally, in September 2020, El Sembrador filed to buy KDCO (1340 AM) in Denver—though not its associated FM translator—for $420,000.^[8]

Stations

United States

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	State
KRXA	540 AM	Carmel Valley	California
KWST^{[note 1]} K229CU	1430 AM 93.7 FM	El Centro	California
KTYM K268DD	1460 AM 101.5 FM	Inglewood Los Angeles	California
KHPY	1670 AM	Moreno Valley	California
KMBX^{[note 2]}	700 AM	Soledad	California
KURS	1040 AM	San Diego	California
KDCO	1340 AM	Denver	Colorado
WXES	1110 AM	Chicago	Illinois
KENT	1540 AM	Enterprise	Nevada
KMES	1430 AM	Ogden	Utah
KZTR-LP^{[note 3]}	103.5 FM	Yakima	Washington

Mexico

XEBBB-AM 1040, Guadalajara, Jalisco
XENK-AM 620 Mexico City

Spain

88.2 FM, Almonaster La Real
104.9 FM, Gibraleón

Notes

^ Owned by Entravision Communications Corporation; El Sembrador owns the dependent translator
^ Owned by Entravision Communications Corporation
^ Owned by the Corporation of the Catholic Bishop of Yakima

References

^ ^a ^b Neri-Navarro, Ofelia (August–September 2007). "El Sembrador salió a sembrar". La Palabra (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable. April 19, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
^ Venta, Lance (2013-06-09). "KRXA Monterey To Shift Programming Online". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ Venta, Lance (2016-11-18). "Station Sales Week Of 11/18". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ Venta, Lance (2015-09-11). "Station Sales Week Of 9/11". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ Venta, Lance (2020-07-22). "El Sembrador Ministries Acquires KLO". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ Venta, Lance (2020-09-18). "Station Sales Week Of 9/18: Entercom Sells Two Greensboro AMs". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
^ Venta, Lance (2020-10-05). "Mile High Sports Radio Signals Sold". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2020-10-25.