XEWF-AM (540

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) is a

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, in the

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. It is owned by Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones and it serves the

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. XEWF-AM carries a

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and is known as "La Bestia Grupera." By day, it is powered at 20,000

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s. But to protect other stations on

540 AM The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 540 kHz: 540 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency. CBK, Watrous-Regina, Saskatchewan, and XEWA San Luis Potosí, Mexico, share Class A status on 540 kHz. Becaus ...

from interference, it reduces power at night to 2,500 watts. It uses a

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History

The history of XEWF begins in

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. Fernando Díaz Enríquez received a concession for a station on 1420 kHz in that city. After four decades of transmitting from Cuernavaca, XEWF moved in September 2004 to Tlalmanalco, east of Mexico City. That was coupled with a change in its frequency to 540 kHz in a bid to become a

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station serving Mexico City, which comprises 35% of the national radio market. On October 18, 2006, Radiorama Valle de México began operating 540 AM as a

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station, "ColoRín ColoRadio," targeted at youngsters from ages six to twelve. On May 15, 2007,

XEUR-AM XEUR-AM is a radio station licensed to and located in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 1530 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. The station's transmitter is located in the borough of Iztacalco. History Núcleo Radio Mil signed XEUR on in ...

1530 and XEWF 540 completed a format swap, with XEUR becoming a

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-formatted

XEQ-FM XEQ-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 92.9 FM, XEQ-FM broadcasts grupera music under the name "La Ke Buena" and is the flagship of a network of stations with the same branding and format. The original concession was awarded o ...

92.9 Ke Buena. The next year, the station broke from XEQ-FM to run its own programming aimed at listeners on the east side of Mexico City, since its transmitter is also east of the capital. The station has since changed names twice, to "La Mexiquense" and "La Bestia Grupera". On January 1, 2020, the station began simulcasting the

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format on 98.5

XHDL-FM XHDL-FM is a radio station on 98.5 FM in Mexico City. XHDL is owned by ''El Heraldo de México'' and operates as a news/talk station known as El Heraldo Radio. The transmitter site is located atop Cerro del Chiquihuite. XHDL-FM broadcasts in HD ...

"El Heraldo Radio".Tweet from @heraldodemexico
January 1, 2020 A year later on February 1, 2021, XEWF returned to "La Bestia Grupera" format, leaving "El Heraldo Radio" only on XHDL-FM.

References

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