XHRW-FM is a radio station on 97.7 FM in

Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo AS Comunicación and carries the Los 40 pop format from Radiópolis.

History

Raul Wertt received the concession for XHRW-FM in 1974 and put the station on the air in 1975. The original concession specified operation on 99.3 MHz (later used by XHETU-FM) with an ERP of three kilowatts. The station was known as Stereo 99 and later Estéreo Ritmo. In 1990, the station moved to 97.7 MHz, rebranding as Super Stereo 98 in 1997. In 2002, the station changed its name, continuing in the pop format, to Arroba 97.7. In 2007, the

Los 40 Principales Los 40 (The 40, stylized as LOS40 and formerly ''Los 40 Principales'', es, Los Cuarenta) is a Top 40 music radio network and radio station brand in many Spanish-speaking countries from PRISA Radio. The station has its origins as a music show ...

format that had been broadcast on XHHF-FM 96.9 moved to XHRW-FM.

References

Radio stations in Tampico Radio stations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Mexico {{Tamaulipas-radio-station-stub