XHTIM-FM is a commercial

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located in

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broadcasting on 90.7

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. XHTIM is owned by

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and airs a

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branded as "La Mejor".

History

XHTIJ-FM 97.7 received its concession in July 1990 but signed on in 1998. It was owned by Carlos Armando Madrazo y Pintado and was eventually sold to Sociedad Mexicana de Radio de Baja California, which in turn sold the station to MVS. In 1999, the

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was changed to XHTIM-FM, which had been the call sign on 91.7 (renamed XHGLX-FM at that time). In 2010, classical music station

XHLNC-FM XHLNC-FM is a noncommercial radio station in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico, on 104.9 MHz. It broadcasts to the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area from a its transmitter on Cerro Bola. XHLNC-FM airs a Regional Mexican format and is brande ...

moved from 90.7 to 104.9. That allowed XHTIM-FM to move to the vacated 90.7 frequency on higher power. The transmitter was also moved from the MVS studios in the Agua Caliente neighborhood of Tijuana to Cerro Colorado. However, the 90.7 frequency is also occupied by

KPFK KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet. It was the second of five stations in the non-commerc ...

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which runs 110,000

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s from a tall tower.Radio-Locator.com/KPFK
/ref> That limits XHTIM-FM's coverage north of San Diego.

References

External links

* Radio stations in Tijuana Regional Mexican radio stations Radio stations established in 1990 MVS Radio 1990 establishments in Mexico {{Baja California-radio-station-stub