XHFH-FM is a radio station on
107.9 FM in
Agua Prieta
Agua Prieta ("dark water") is a town in the Agua Prieta Municipality in the northeastern corner of the Mexican state of Sonora. It stands on the Mexico–U.S. border, adjacent to the town of Douglas, Arizona, Douglas, Arizona. The municipality c ...
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Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
, Mexico. It is known as Radio Plan de Agua Prieta.
History
XEFH-AM 1310 was Agua Prieta's second regularly licensed radio station, coming to air on May 1, 1950 after receiving its concession the previous fall. It was owned by Jesús Rodríguez Verdugo and Héctor Rivera Esquer, who acquired
XEAQ-AM in 1951. XEFH used a homemade transmitter made by an engineer in
Bisbee.
[Elizabeth Rodríguez Delgado]
"Capítulo II: La llegada y desarrollo de la radio en Agua Prieta, Sonora, 1930-1960"
/ref> XEAQ and the 1,000-watt XEFH, now sister stations, engaged in a sort of "friendly competition" with each other, which remained until the 1980s, a turbulent decade that involved many changes for the stations. The first of these came when XEAQ and XEFH moved to new facilities after Rodríguez Verdugo sold his stakes in the business.[Elízabeth Rodríguez Delgado]
"Capítulo III: El cambio, 1960-2000"
/ref> XEFH affiliated to Cadena RASA for news programs, while the arrival of Mexican television in Agua Prieta via repeaters of the XEW and Canal 13 networks from Mexico City attracted attention away from radio listeners.
XEFH was cleared for AM-FM migration in December 2011.
References
Radio stations in Sonora
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