XHCH-FM

XECH-AM/XHCH-FM
City Cacalomacán, Toluca, State of Mexico
Branding Capital Pirata FM
Slogan Radio Con Final Feliz
Frequency 1040 kHz/89.3 MHz
First air date September 14, 1938 (concession)
November 6, 2017 (FM)
Format Rock
Power 5 kW day
0.75 kW night (AM)[1]
Class A (FM)
Owner CapitalMedia
(Radiodifusoras Capital, S.A. de C.V.)
Website www.capitalpirata.mx/toluca/

XHCH-FM/XECH-AM is a radio station in Toluca, State of Mexico. Currently broadcasting on 1040 AM and 89.3 FM, XECH is owned by Capital Media and carries its Capital Pirata FM rock format.

XECH/XHCH is currently in the process of migrating from AM to FM after signing on FM on November 6, 2017. As a migrant, it is required to broadcast on both frequencies for a year before going silent on AM.

History

Final "Radio Capital" logo before AM-FM migration

XECH received its concession on September 14, 1938, having gone on the air in either 1937 or 1938.[2] The station, the first in the State of Mexico, operated on 1490 kHz and was owned by Rodolfo Llamas. XECH was Toluca's only local radio station for more than 25 years until XEQY-AM 1200 "Radio Fiesta" signed on in 1965. Llamas sold XECH to Ramón Cahero Padrón in 1956; Cahero Padrón sold it to Emma Ruíz de Azcue in 1963. Osvelia Irene and Oscar Azcue Ruíz became the concessionaires in 1996 after Emma's death, and they promptly sold the station to Grupo ACIR. ACIR only owned the station for a year before selling to Capital. It also moved from 1490 to 1040 kHz in order to increase daytime power to 5 kW from its previous 1.

On November 6, 2017, XHCH-FM 89.3 signed on as the first in a wave of new AM-FM migrants in large cities in Mexico, made possible by the reduction in mandatory station spacing from 800 to 400 kHz. At the same time, the station dumped its Radio Capital talk format to take on Capital Pirata FM, the first new station in four years with this format and the first outside of the original Gaia FM stations. Governor Alfredo del Mazo Maza conducted a formal inauguration of the station on November 10.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-10-03. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ↑ La voz que articula (PDF). 2003 http://www.bib.uia.mx/tesis/pdf/014595/014595_02.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "LLEGA LA OLA PIRATA A TOLUCA". Reporte Indigo. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

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