"X station" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: X stations [plural]
Etymology: From the initial letter X of Mexican radio stations' call signs. Head templates: {{en-noun}} X station (plural X stations)
  1. (Canada, US) A Mexican broadcast station whose signal overpowers those of stations in the United States. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-X_station-en-noun-8b8Wcben Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Jesse Walker, Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America, page 197",
          "text": "Not long after the feds started regulating radio, Mexico's megawatt border blasters—high-powered stations planted just south of Texas and California—started beckoning. The FCC couldn't control them […] That same year, the Mexican government revised its radio licensing law, drastically reducing the X stations' autonomy.",
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          "ref": "2015, Bill C. Malone, David Stricklin, Southern Music/American Music, page 73",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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