XHRW-FM is a radio station on 97.7 FM in

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, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo AS Comunicación and carries the

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pop format from

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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 XHETU-FM (branded as Vida Romántica) is a Mexican Spanish language, Spanish-language radio station serving Tampico, Tamaulipas as well as Tuxpan and Poza Rica, Veracruz. History XETU-AM received its concession in November 1943. Originally opera ...

) with an ERP of three kilowatts. The station was known as Stereo 99 and later Estéreo Ritmo both with a pop format. In 1990, the station moved to 97.7 MHz, rebranding as Super Stereo 98 in 1997. In 2001, the station changed its name, continuing in the pop format, to

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97.7. In 2005, the

Los 40 Principales Los 40 (stylized as LOS40, formerly ''Los 40 Principales'', ) is a Spanish Top 40-themed music radio station that broadcasts current and recent music, primarily focusing on genres such as pop, dance, electropop, Electro Latin, and Reggaeton. Th ...

format that had been broadcast on

XHHF-FM XHHF-FM (branded as La Poderosa) is a Mexican Spanish language, Spanish-language FM radio station that serves the Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico market area. History XHHF received its concession on February 14, 1985. It was owned by Juan Bautista C ...

96.9 moved to XHRW-FM.

References

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