XHRCA-FM

XHRCA-FM
City Torreón, Coahuila/Gómez Palacio, Durango
Branding Planeta
Frequency 102.7 MHz
920 kHz
First air date April 2, 1952 (concession)
Format Rock
Power 5 kW day
0.2 kW night[1]
ERP 600 watts[2]
HAAT 231.83 m
Class A (FM)
B (FM)
Transmitter coordinates 25°31′25.8″N 103°27′18.0″W / 25.523833°N 103.455000°W / 25.523833; -103.455000 (FM)
25°34′52.9″N 103°28′48.1″W / 25.581361°N 103.480028°W / 25.581361; -103.480028 (AM)
Former callsigns XEOB-AM, XETAA-AM/XHTAA-FM
Owner Grupo Radio Centro/Grupo Radio México
(Promotora Radiofónica de la Laguna, S.A. de C.V.)
Website XHRCA

XHRCA-FM/XERCA-AM is a radio station serving the Comarca Lagunera, with FM tower in Torreón, Coahuila and AM tower in Gómez Palacio, Durango. Broadcasting on 102.7 FM and 920 AM, XHRCA is owned by Grupo Radio México and carries its Planeta rock format.

History

The concession for XERCA-AM was awarded in 1952 to Radio Torreón, S.A. The station was known as XEOB-AM and later XETAA-AM; while it was originally authorized on 1490 kHz, it quickly moved to 920. The original concessionaire was Clemente Serna Martínez, founder of Radio Programas de México.[3]

In 1992, XETAA was sold to Promotora Radiofónica de la Laguna. Two years later, it became an AM-FM combo, one of 80 authorized at the time, with the sign-on of XHTAA-FM 102.7. In 1998, the callsigns were changed to XERCA-AM and XHRCA-FM (the latter previously used by Mexico City station XHFAJ-FM).

In 2015, XHRCA and 24 other radio stations were folded into Grupo Radio Centro, a business owned by the same family as GRM.

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. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-10-03. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. ↑ Ceballos Azpe, Juan (2015-02-13). "Breve historia de la radio". Noticieros GREM. Retrieved 2015-10-31.

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