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XHOPE-FM

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XHOPE-FM
Frequency89.7 MHz
BrandingExa FM
Programming
FormatSpanish & English Top 40 (CHR)
AffiliationsMVS Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Grupo Promomedios
  • (Radio Ope de Mazatlán, S.A. de C.V.)
XHERJ-FM
History
First air date
March 26, 1945
1994 (FM)
Former call signs
XETK-AM, XHTK-FM, XEOPE-AM
Former frequencies
630 kHz (1945–2019)
Call sign meaning
Óscar Pérez Escobosa
Technical information
ERP15 kW[1]
Links
Websiteexafm.com/mazatlan/

XHOPE-FM 89.7 is a radio station in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It carries the national Exa FM format from MVS Radio.

History

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XEOPE received its first concession in March 1945. Then known as XETK-AM, it broadcast on 630 kHz with 1,000 watts day and 250 watts night (later increased to 500).

In 1972, Oscar Pérez Escobosa bought XETK along with XESA-AM in Culiacán.[2] He already owned XERJ-AM in Mazatlán, which had begun operations in 1940, and he also founded XHMZ-TV channel 7. Pérez founded Grupo Promomedios, which continues to own the rechristened XEOPE/XHOPE (named in his honor) as well as the FM successors to those stations.

Promomedios presented the IFT with a surrender of the 630 AM frequency on July 3, 2019.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-09-11. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ^ Morales, Isela (2007-11-23). "Tendrá su calle Óscar Pérez Escobosa". Noroeste. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  3. ^ RPC: #038104 AM Surrender — XEOPE-AM