XHKV-FM 88.5/XEKV-AM 740 is a combo radio station in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. The station carries the W Radio news/talk format from Radiópolis. XEKV and XHKV are broadcast from a transmitter facility in Col. Las Gaviotas, on Villahermosa's east side.

XHKV-FM/XEKV-AM
Frequency88.5 MHz, 740 kHz
BrandingW Radio
Programming
FormatNews/talk
AffiliationsRadiópolis
Ownership
Owner
  • Radio Cañón
  • (Radio Cañón, S.A. de C.V.)
XHSAT-FM XHOP-FM
History
First air date
March 20, 1971
1994 (FM)
Technical information
PowerAM: 10 kW day/1 kW night[1]
ERPFM: 2.747 kW[2]
Transmitter coordinates
17°59′15.5″N 92°54′41.7″W / 17.987639°N 92.911583°W / 17.987639; -92.911583
Links
WebcastListen live
Websiteradiocanion.com.mx

History

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Logo as Exa FM, used from 2017 to 2023

The concession for 740 AM was awarded in March 1971 to Enrique Lodoza Gómez. In 1994, the FM station was added.

In 2012, XEKV/XHKV was sold to Radio Dinámica del Sureste, which was primarily owned by México Radio, S.A. de C.V., the radio subsidiary of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM).

In 2021, NTR acquired the ABC Radio group from OEM. The station continued to broadcast the Exa FM pop format from MVS Radio until April 16, 2023, when NTR's four Exa FM stations left the network. On April 24, 2023, as part of a national alliance between the company and Radiópolis,[3] 22 NTR-owned stations adopted franchise formats from Radiópolis. With Ke Buena and Los 40 already represented in Villahermosa, XHKV–XEKV joined the W Radio news/talk network. W Radio had previously been in Villahermosa on XEREC-AM 940 and XHVHT-FM 99.1/XEVHT-AM 1270 on Radiorama.

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-09-11. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Macías Palma, Carlos (April 16, 2023). "La W radio llega a Puebla". Urbeconómica.