XHNUC-FM 105.1 is a radio station in
Cancún, Quintana Roo,
Mexico
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, known as Radio Turquesa. It is owned by Grupo Turquesa and was founded by Gaston Alegre López, a longtime radio entrepreneur, hotel owner, and
PRD politician in the state.
XHNUC "Radio Turquesa" is not to be confused with sister station
XHCANQ-FM 102.7 "Turquesa Pop", which is commonly owned but a noncommercial (permit) station.
Radio Turquesa is heard statewide and in parts of
Yucatán
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on several repeaters and additional stations owned by Grupo Turquesa.
Repeaters
XHNUC-FM is the only station in Mexico to have non-co-channel repeaters on the same concession. Authorized in the 1990s, the network gives XHNUC coverage of key population centers in Quintana Roo. In 1999, the network was partially closed in evident political retribution for Alegre's candidacy for
Governor of Quintana Roo
The governors of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, since statehood.
Governors of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo since 1975
*Note: In 2001 Mario E. Villanueva was sentenced to prison due to corruption involving drugs, Mexican dr ...
; a federal court ordered the transmitters returned to service in 2000, ruling that the state branch of the
Secretariat of Communications and Transportation
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had acted incorrectly.
Satellite stations
These stations air Radio Turquesa programming but have separate concessions. Grupo Turquesa won these stations in the IFT-4 radio station auction of 2017.
References
External links
Radio Turquesa homepagePlayer online
* https://stream.miradio.in:9414/live
Radio stations in Quintana Roo
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