XHWB-FM

XHWB-FM is a radio station on 98.9 FM in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. It is owned by Radiópolis and carries its Los 40 format.

XHWB-FM

Veracruz, Veracruz Mexico
Frequency	98.9 MHz
Branding	Los 40
Programming
Format	Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Radiópolis (Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.)
History
First air date	January 25, 1956 (concession)
Former call signs	XEWB-AM
Former frequencies	760 kHz, 900 kHz
Call sign meaning	Station was once XEWB-AM, a repeater of XEW-AM
Technical information
ERP	24 kW
HAAT	63.4 meters
Transmitter coordinates	19°09′51.08″N 96°07′51.04″W
Links
Website	los40.com.mx

History

XEWB-AM received its concession on January 25, 1956. It was originally on 760 kHz with 5 kW day and 1 kW night, operated by Radio Golfo, S.A. However, in the 1960s, it began operation on 900 AM as a co-channel booster to co-owned XEW-AM in Mexico City, with 50,000 watts daytime and 5,000 watts nighttime. It operated in this role alongside the two XEWA-AM stations on 540 kHz in Monterrey and San Luis Potosí. By the 1980s, it was 50,000 watts at all hours with a directional nighttime pattern, though in the 2000s it returned to a lower power at night with 10 kW.

The AM-FM migration required the reinvention of XEWB, with its extensive service area, as a local station primarily serving central Veracruz; it adopted the Los 40 Principales format at that time. The AM station has since been shut down and dismantled.