XHACS-FM is a radio station broadcasting on 103.1 FM in

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, branded as Playa FM 103.1.

History

On November 17, 2015,IFT: Selection of ACS and concession award for 103.1
/ref> Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad, owned by Manuel Isaac and Fayne Yazmin Caballero Colli, applied for the 103.1 social frequency in Playa del Carmen, which the

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(IFT) had made available in its 2015 FM station program. A competing application was filed on November 30 by Yantra Informativo Fusión, A.C. The IFT adjudicated the two applications on February 14, 2018, choosing Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad. The IFT noted that stakeholders in the other applicant, Yantra Informativo Fusión, were associated with Grupo Acustik, a new media group that won 15 radio stations in the IFT-4 auction of 2017. Because the principals of Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad owned no radio stations, their application was chosen, and 103.1 was assigned the callsign XHACS-FM. XHACS-FM began testing in July 2017 and adopted the name "Playa FM". Related social applicants also won stations at the IFT in 2018, including XHICT-FM 104.7 "

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FM" and XHCCE-FM 90.5 "Jaguar FM" in

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References

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