XHPNK-FM
XHPNK-FM is a radio station on 103.5 FM in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and is known as Radio Variedades with a romantic format.
| City | Los Mochis, Sinaloa |
|---|---|
| Branding | Radio Variedades |
| Frequency | 103.5 FM |
| First air date | November 19, 1980 (concession) |
| Format | Romantic |
| ERP | 25 kW[1] |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°45′40.76″N 109°00′00″W |
| Former frequencies | 880 kHz |
| Owner | Grupo Radio Centro (Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa, S.A. de C.V.) |
| Sister stations | XHECU-FM, XHCW-FM, XHORF-FM |
History
XEPNK-AM 880 received its concession on November 19, 1980. The 5,000-watt daytimer was owned by Felipe García de León. In the mid-1980s, García de León traded XEPNK to Grupo OIR in exchange for XEOS and XEHX radio in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.[2] The concession transferred to Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa in 1993, around which time XEPNK boosted its power to 10,000 watts day and 2,000 night.
In 2011, XEPNK moved to FM as XHPNK-FM 103.5.
In 2016, after Grupo Radio México transferred operational control of the station to Radiorama, XHPNK changed names from La Rancherita to Romántica as part of a frequency shuffle of formats at the cluster. GRC, GRM's successor, resumed operating the stations in February 2019, with XHPNK becoming Radio Variedades, the former name of XHCW-FM 96.5.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-04-26. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Anaya, Sergio (22 May 2011). "Cerecer: Una trayectoria brillante en la radio cajemense". InfoCajeme. Retrieved 11 March 2019.