simulcasting its sports talk programming on sister station XHBCE-FM 105.7, based in Tecate, Baja California. This operation was aimed at improving the station's signal to Eastern San Diego County as well as giving XEPRS listeners the choice of hearing it on FM or AM. The station then became known as "XX (Double X) Sports Radio." News updates were produced by San Diego television station KUSI. On April 15, 2008, at 9 a.m., XX Sports Radio ended the simulcast on 105.7 MHz. XHBCE-FM became an oldies radio station branded as "105.7 The Walrus." This was the first FM oldies station in San Diego since XHOCL-FM flipped to a Spanish language format on September 1, 2005. As a result of the simulcast's break-up (except for Padres games), XX Sports Radio was renamed "XX 1090." In 2009, the Padres simulcast was moved to XEPE-AM 1700. On October 6, 2010, XEPRS became a part-time affiliate of ESPN Radio, simulcasting sister station XEPE overnights and weekends, dropping the Sporting News Radio affiliation XEPRS held since 2008. XEPRS has also carried San Diego Toreros men's basketball, San Diego State Aztecs college football and basketball, and the San Diego Gulls AHL hockey, and has aired a few games for the Anaheim Ducks, the Gulls' parent club. Beginning with the 2018 season, XEPRS carried Los Angeles Rams football games. Return of "The Mighty 1090" On December 17, 2012, the station re-branded as "The Mighty 1090" to coincide with the return of the Scott & BR Show. On January 2, 2013, the station became the San Diego outlet for CBS Sports Radio with a line-up featuring Jim Rome's syndicated show on CBS, plus local San Diego hosts heard mornings and afternoons. In 2014, the station signed Dan Sileo to host its morning drive show. In April 2018, XEPRS got new competition on the FM dial when Entercom switched KEGY 97.3 to a sports format, branded as "97.3 The Fan." It became the San Diego Padres' flagship station, taking over from co-owned KBZT 94.9. Dan Sileo, who left XEPRS earlier in the year, joined The Fan for a morning drive time show. As a result, XEPRS gave up its affiliation with CBS Sports Radio, since Entercom owns a stake in that network and began carrying its programming on KEGY. On nights and weekends, XEPRS returned to airing ESPN Radio, also heard on co-owned XEPE. Return to Spanish-language programming In December