XHEXA-FM
XHEXA-FM is a Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR) radio station that serves Mexico City and states surrounding the federal district. Broadcasting on 104.9 MHz, XHEXA-FM is owned by MVS Radio and is the flagship station of the Exa FM format.
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| City | Mexico City, Mexico |
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| Broadcast area | Mexico City, State of México and parts of Hidalgo, Puebla, Morelos, Tlaxcala, and Querétaro. |
| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
| Branding | Exa FM |
| Slogan | ¡Ponte Exa! (Put On Exa) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MVS Radio (Stereorey México, S.A.) |
| Sister stations | XHMVS-FM, XERC-FM |
| History | |
| First air date | January 19, 1972 |
| Former call signs | XHVIP-FM (prior to sign-on), XHBST-FM, XHMRD-FM |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 89,400 watts[1] |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | exafm |
History
XHBST-FM signed on in 1974, owned by the same Stereorey consortium that brought FM to major Mexican cities on stations such as XHV-FM 102.5 Mexico City and XHSRO-FM in Monterrey. It carried the "Stereo Best" format, which was very similar. Not long after, it changed formats completely to "FM Globo", a name it would use with varying formats including romantic music, Spanish pop and contemporary music. The station changed its callsign to XHMRD-FM on October 8, 1991, and on February 1, 2000, changed its name to "Exa FM", with a Top 40 CHR format, its name alluding to the format of airing blocks of six consecutive songs. Its callsign was later changed to XHEXA-FM to reflect its new name. The callsign had been in use for a brief time on an MVS Radio station in Hermosillo, Sonora, which returned to the XHBH-FM callsign when the XHEXA calls moved to Mexico City.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-31. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.