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XHPC-FM
XHPC-FM is a radio station on 107.9 FM in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. It is owned by Grupo Zócalo and carries a grupera format known as Súper Estelar. History XHPC received its concession on April 18, 1986. It was owned by Francisco Antonio González Sánchez, the president of Grupo Multimedios Grupo Firmas Globales (Legally registered as Multimedios S.A. de C.V.) is a Mexican media conglomerate with holdings in broadcast television, radio, publishing and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Monterrey. History Multimedios w .... Multimedios sold the station to Zócalo in 1999. References Radio stations in Coahuila {{Coahuila-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedras Negras, Coahuila
Piedras Negras ( ) is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the Mexico–United States border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2015 census the city had a population of 163,595 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area had a population of 245,155 inhabitants. The Piedras Negras and the Eagle Pass areas are connected by the Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge, Camino Real International Bridge, and the Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge. In Spanish, translates to 'black stones' – a reference to coal deposits in the area. Across the river, coal was formerly mined on the U.S. side at Dolchburg, near Eagle Pass. This mine closed around 1905, after a fire. Mexico currently operates two large coal-fired power stations named " José López Portillo" and "Carbón 2" located south of Piedras Negras. These two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Multimedios
Grupo Firmas Globales (Legally registered as Multimedios S.A. de C.V.) is a Mexican media conglomerate with holdings in broadcast television, radio, publishing and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Monterrey. History Multimedios was founded in 1940 when Jesús Dionisio González acquired Monterrey radio station XEX, where he had formerly worked, for 12,500 pesos. After World War II, the Mexican government requested the XEX callsign to build a XEX-AM, national clear-channel station, and González selected the XEAW-AM, XEAW call letters, which had formerly belonged to a station in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. In the 1950s, the group became known as ''Organización Estrellas de Oro'' ("Gold Stars Organization"), which in the 1990s changed its name to ''Multimedios Estrellas de Oro'' and later Grupo Multimedios. Multimedios entered the television business in 1968 when it launched XHAW-TDT, XHAW-TV channel 12 in Monterrey. Further expansion would come in the 1980s and 1990s whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
