If this story is true, I'll be really interested in hearing this station online.
XEPRS is a Mexico-based radio station that broadcasts to San Diego, California at 77,000 watts. It was one of those legendary border blasters back in the day, and I think I even got it once or twice in Toronto DXing on 1090 AM.
Now a story says the station is apparently about to shift format to oldies, but it's not the music that's making headlines. It's the people introducing it. Not only are some of them legends of the airwaves, they also share one other thing in common - they all passed on years ago.
The line-up, which should be amazing to listen to, will feature digitally remastered versions of Wolfman Jack's old syndicated show, as well as The Real (maybe now unreal?) Don Steele and Charlie Tuna, both deceased and both long ago L.A. based superstars. I can only imagine their voices are being taken from old airchecks, but what a weird (and potentially wonderful) on air presentation that will be.
It's not immediately clear when the new format will be in place. So far, a check on the station over the web indicates it's still doing all Spanish Christian. But Radio Online insists it's happening. As of this posting, they're the only ones making this claim.
San Diego's XEPRS Revamps as Oldies with Wolfman Jack