XHPNK-FM

XHPNK-FM is a radio station on 103.5 FM in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and is known as Radio Variedades with a romantic format.

XHPNK-FM
Frequency103.5 FM
BrandingRadio Variedades
Programming
FormatRomantic
Ownership
Owner
XHECU-FM, XHCW-FM, XHORF-FM
History
First air date
November 19, 1980 (concession)
Former call signs
XEPNK-AM
Former frequencies
880 kHz
Technical information
ERP25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates
25°45′40.76″N 109°00′00″W

History

XEPNK-AM 880 received its concession on November 19, 1980. The 5,000-watt daytimer was owned by Felipe García de León. In the mid-1980s, García de León traded XEPNK to Grupo OIR in exchange for XEOS and XEHX radio in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.[2] The concession transferred to Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa in 1993, around which time XEPNK boosted its power to 10,000 watts day and 2,000 night.

In 2011, XEPNK moved to FM as XHPNK-FM 103.5.

In 2016, after Grupo Radio México transferred operational control of the station to Radiorama, XHPNK changed names from La Rancherita to Romántica as part of a frequency shuffle of formats at the cluster. GRC, GRM's successor, resumed operating the stations in February 2019, with XHPNK becoming Radio Variedades, the former name of XHCW-FM 96.5.

On March 10, 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute denied an application for the renewal of XHPNK-FM's concession for failure to pay the final installment of its fee to move to FM.[3]

References

  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-04-26. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. Anaya, Sergio (22 May 2011). "Cerecer: Una trayectoria brillante en la radio cajemense". InfoCajeme. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. "Resolución mediante la cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones niega la prórroga de vigencia de tres concesiones para operar y explotar comercialmente frecuencias de radiodifusión sonora para uso comercial" [Resolution by which the Plenary of the Federal Telecommunications Institute denies the renewal of three concessions to operate commercial radio stations] (PDF) (in Mexican Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. March 10, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.


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