XHABCA-FM
XEABCA-AM/XHABCA-FM is a radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, broadcasting on 820 kHz and 101.3 MHz. It is owned by Organización Editorial Mexicana and is known as La Voz Radio.
| City | Mexicali, Baja California |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 820 kHz 101.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | La Voz Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Organización Editorial Mexicana (Stereorey Mexicali, S.A.) |
| XEMMM-AM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1984 |
Former call signs | XEYX-AM (1984-1990s) XEMVS-AM (1990s-2002) |
Call sign meaning | Derived from ABC Radio |
| Technical information | |
| Class | A (FM) |
| Power | 3.5 kW day 0.5 kW night[1] |
| ERP | 3 kW |
History
XEABCA-AM began on 1590 kHz in 1984, when a concession was awarded for XEYX-AM, owned by Mario Ignacio Melendez Soto. Its first format was tropical music as "La Gigante".
In 1997, the station was sold to MVS Radio and rechristened XEMVS-AM. The concessionaire name for this station, Stereorey Mexicali, is a nod to MVS's Stereorey format; stations owned by MVS Radio have the concessionaire Stereorey México, S.A. In the 1990s, the station also slid down from 1590 kHz to 820. During MVS ownership, the station affiliated to the La Mejor regional Mexican national format, later becoming oldies-formatted Nostalgia 820 and grupera-formatted Radio Lobo.
In 2004, MVS sold the station to Organización Editorial Mexicana, which changed its calls to the current XEABCA-AM and brought its ABC Radio programming to Mexicali. OEM also bought XEMMM-AM 940 from Cadena Baja California.
After being approved in July 2017, XEABCA began its AM-FM migration in September 2020, signing on XHABCA-FM 101.3; the station formally added the FM on September 20.[2] The station will be subject to a continuity obligation to keep the AM operational in order to provide service to 11 people who receive no other radio stations.[3]
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-05. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Tapia, Mariela (20 September 2020). "Arranca con manteles largos "La Voz Radio", en la 101.3 FM". La Voz de la Frontera (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- Federal Telecommunications Institute (December 2018). "Estudio de continuidad de los servicios de radiodifusión sonora en AM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 3, 2019.