KRGE
Radio station in Weslaco, Texas
KRGE (1290 AM) is a radio station in Weslaco, Texas, United States. It is owned by Christian Ministries of the Valley and carries a Spanish Christian format known as Radio Vida.
History
Early years and time-share with KWWG
KRGE is one of the Valley's oldest radio stations, receiving its license in 1925 with the callsign KFLU; the call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. The station was owned by the San Benito Radio Club and broadcast for its first two years on 1270 kHz with 15 watts, later raised to 100. Programs were broadcast on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8 to 9pm. Two years later, the Harlingen Music Company took over the station and changed the callsign to KHMC and then KRGV, relocating the station from San Benito to Harlingen. A radio reallocation in 1928 forced KRGV to 1260 kHz, where it shared time with KWWG, the radio station of the Brownsville Herald and the first radio station in the Valley; additionally, KRGV increased its power to 500 watts.
The Harlingen Music Company sold KRGV to the Valley Radio-Electric Company in 1929. The license was transferred to a new concern controlled by N.S. Miles, KRGV, Incorporated, in 1930. Meanwhile, KWWG did not stick around.
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