XHABCA-FM

XHABCA-FM 101.3/XEABCA-AM 820 is a radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo Radio Cañón and carries the La Ke Buena Regional Mexican format from Radiópolis.

XHABCA-FM/XEABCA-AM
Frequency101.3 MHz (HD Radio)
820 kHz
BrandingLa Ke Buena
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
AffiliationsRadiópolis
Ownership
Owner
  • Radio Cañón
  • (Radio Cañón, S.A. de C.V.)
XEMMM-AM
History
First air date
1984
Former call signs
  • XEYX-AM (1984-1997)
  • XEMVS-AM (1997-2004)
Former frequencies
1590 kHz (1984-1990s)
Call sign meaning
Derived from ABC Radio, former owner
Technical information
ClassA (FM)
Power3.5 kW day; 0.5 kW night[1]
ERP3 kW
Links
WebcastListen live
Websiteradiocanion.com

History

XEABCA-AM began on 1590 kHz in 1984, when a concession was awarded for XEYX-AM, owned by Mario Ignacio Melendez Soto. Its first format was tropical music as "La Gigante".

In 1997, the station was sold to MVS Radio and rechristened XEMVS-AM. The concessionaire name for this station, Stereorey Mexicali, was a nod to MVS's Stereorey format; stations owned by MVS Radio have the concessionaire Stereorey México, S.A. In the 1990s, the station also relocated from 1590 kHz to 820. During MVS ownership, the station affiliated to the La Mejor regional Mexican national format, later becoming oldies-formatted Nostalgia 820 and grupera-formatted Radio Lobo.

In 2004, MVS sold the station to Organización Editorial Mexicana, which changed its calls to the current XEABCA-AM and brought its ABC Radio programming to Mexicali. OEM also bought XEMMM-AM 940 from Cadena Baja California.

After being approved in July 2017, XEABCA began its AM-FM migration in September 2020, signing on XHABCA-FM 101.3; the station formally added the FM on September 20.[2] The station will be subject to a continuity obligation to keep the AM operational in order to provide service to 11 people who receive no other radio stations.[3] In March 2022, it rebranded as Radio Cañón with no change in format.

On April 23, 2023, as part of a national alliance between the company and Radiópolis,[4] 22 NTR-owned stations adopted franchise formats from Radiópolis, with XHABCA-FM switching to a regional music format under the La Ke Buena franchise.

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-05. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. Tapia, Mariela (20 September 2020). "Arranca con manteles largos "La Voz Radio", en la 101.3 FM". La Voz de la Frontera (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. Federal Telecommunications Institute (December 2018). "Estudio de continuidad de los servicios de radiodifusión sonora en AM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. Macías Palma, Carlos (April 16, 2023). "La W radio llega a Puebla" [W Radio comes to Puebla]. Urbeconómica (in Spanish).

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