XHPNK-FM is a radio station on
103.5 FM in
Los Mochis, Sinaloa
Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population.
Los Mochis is t ...
. It is owned by
Grupo Radio Centro
Grupo Radio Centro is a Mexico City-based owner and operator of radio stations. It owns 30 radio stations in Mexico and the United States, including 8 radio stations in Mexico City.
History
Radio Centro's origins date to 1946, when Francisco Agu ...
and is known as Radio Variedades with a romantic format.
History
XEPNK-AM 880 received its concession on November 19, 1980. The 5,000-watt daytimer was owned by Felipe García de León. In the mid-1980s, García de León traded XEPNK to Grupo OIR in exchange for
XEOS
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and
XEHX radio in
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora
Ciudad () is the Spanish word for "city".
Ciudad or La Ciudad may also refer to:
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* La Ciudad, district of Durango City, Mexico
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. The concession transferred to Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa in 1993, around which time XEPNK boosted its power to 10,000 watts day and 2,000 night.
In 2011, XEPNK moved to FM as XHPNK-FM 103.5.
In 2016, after
Grupo Radio México Grupo Radio México was a Mexican owner of radio stations that operated from 1973 to 2015. In 2015, it was absorbed into Grupo Radio Centro, which owns most of GRM's former stations.
History
Grupo Radio México was founded by Francisco Aguirre Góm ...
transferred operational control of the station to Radiorama, XHPNK changed names from La Rancherita to Romántica as part of a frequency shuffle of formats at the cluster. GRC, GRM's successor, resumed operating the stations in February 2019, with XHPNK becoming Radio Variedades, the former name of
XHCW-FM 96.5.
On March 10, 2021, the
Federal Telecommunications Institute
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL, Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Snaul jtsob a’telelil Sk’asesojibal k’o ...
denied an application for the renewal of XHPNK-FM's concession for failure to pay the final installment of its fee to move to FM.
References
Radio stations in Sinaloa
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