XHAX-FM is a radio station on

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juárez (), also Oaxaca City or simply Oaxaca (Valley Zapotec: ''Ndua''), is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Mexican state Oaxaca. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding Municipality of Oaxaca. It is in the Centr ...

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. XHAX carries

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programming.

History

XHAX is Oaxaca's oldest commercial radio station. It began as XEAX-AM 1270, receiving its concession on May 12, 1941 and signing on the 25th of the month. It was owned by Álvaro Rodríguez Avendano and broadcast under the name Cadena Radiodifusora Oaxaqueña (Oaxaca Broadcasting Network). XEAX also broadcast shortwave programs on XEAR 6035 kHz. The formal opening of the station was conducted by the state's governor, General Vicente González Fernández. It initially broadcast with 200 watts but moved its antenna to Cerro del Fortín and increased power to 500 watts about the same time the station took off, with popular programs such as one featuring

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. It would not be until 1956 that a competitor appeared on the Oaxaca AM dial. That station was XEOA-AM 570, and the two stations began an intense battle for listeners. By the 1960s, ownership had passed to the current concessionaire; the station would later move to 1080 in the late 1990s. In 2011, it moved to FM on 93.7 MHz.

References

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