XEPR-AM and XHPR-FM in

Poza Rica, Veracruz Poza Rica (), formally: Poza Rica de Hidalgo is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. Its name means "rich well/pond". It is often thought that the name came to be because it was a place known for its abundance ...

is an AM/FM combo

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

broadcasting on 1020 kHz and 102.7 MHz.

History

XEPR began broadcasting on March 17, 1953. The original studios featured a mural by

Teodoro Cano García Teodoro Cano Garcia (born 1932) is an artist from Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico who is best known for his mural work depicting the Totonac culture of his native region in northern Veracruz. Cano was discovered by Diego Rivera, who helped Cano as a y ...

depicting the history of oil. The station was granted an FM combo frequency in 1994. In February 2021, Éxtasis Digital moved to XHCOV-FM 105.9 as a result of the announced sale of XHPR-FM and XHPW-FM by

Grupo Radiorama Grupo Radiorama is the largest owner and operator of radio stations in Mexico. Founded in 1970, the company operated nearly 400 radio stations in 2014. History Radiorama was founded on December 9, 1970, by Javier Pérez de Anda and Adrián Pered ...

to Marcos López Zamora, the owner of XHRIC-FM 101.9, who immediately took over operation of both frequencies. On March 21, weeks after the purchase, MVS Radio's FM Globo romantic format started.

References

Radio stations in Veracruz {{Veracruz-radio-station-stub