XHLO-FM is a

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in Chihuahua City,

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. It broadcasts on

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and carries the Exa FM format from

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AM history

XELO was originally the call sign of a border-blaster radio station licensed to the

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area of

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. At different times these same call letters were also assigned to other Mexican stations based in Nogales, Sonora and Piedras Negras, Coahuila. On October 25, 1976, the XELO call sign returned, this time to Chihuahua, on a new 1 kW daytimer, XELO-AM. By the time the 1990s rolled around, the station had upgraded its power to 5 kW day and .5 kW night. The station moved to FM in 2011. In 2013, the 1010 AM frequency was shut down.

External links

*Border Radio by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987 *Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA, by Gilder, Eric. - "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003

References

Radio stations in Chihuahua Mass media in Chihuahua City {{Chihuahua-radio-station-stub