XHRCA-FM
XHRCA-FM/XERCA-AM is a combo 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 Centro but operated by Multimedios Radio as FM Tu with an urban format.
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| City | Torreón, Coahuila/Gómez Palacio, Durango |
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| Broadcast area | Comarca Lagunera |
| Branding | FM Tu |
| Slogan | Zona Urbana |
| Frequency | 102.7 MHz 920 kHz |
| First air date | April 2, 1952 (concession) 1994(FM) |
| Format | Urban |
| Power | 5 kW day 0.2 kW night[1] |
| ERP | 600 watts[2] |
| HAAT | 231.83 m |
| Class | A (FM) B (AM) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°31′25.8″N 103°27′18.0″W (FM) 25°34′52.9″N 103°28′48.1″W (AM) |
| Former call signs | XEOB-AM, XETAA-AM/XHTAA-FM |
| Operator | Multimedios Radio |
| Owner | Grupo Radio Centro (Promotora Radiofónica de la Laguna, S.A. de C.V.) |
| Website | www |
History
The concession for XERCA-AM was awarded in April 1952 to Radio Torreón, S.A. The station was known as XEOB-AM—the second station to use the call letters in the Comarca Lagunera, after a previous station in Gómez Palacio—and operated on 1490 kHz. The original concessionaire was Clemente Serna Martínez, founder of Radio Programas de México.[3] The station changed its call letters to XETAA-AM in 1965, complementing then-sisters XETB and XETC, and moved down the dial to 920 kHz in 1966.
In 1992, XETAA was transferred 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.
On October 29, 2019, Multimedios Radio assumed operational control of XHRCA and relaunched it as FM Tu with an urban format, similar to XHFMTU-FM in Monterrey.
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Ceballos Azpe, Juan (2015-02-13). "Breve historia de la radio". Noticieros GREM. Retrieved 2015-10-31.