XHGAI-FM
XHGAI-FM is a noncommercial radio station in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. Broadcasting on 105.9 FM, XHGAI is owned by Gaia FM, A.C. and operated by Capital Media, with studios and transmitter at the Plaza Caracol shopping mall.
| City | Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz |
| Branding | Lokura FM |
| Slogan | Pasión por los Éxitos |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Capital Media (Gaia FM, A.C.) |
| History | |
First air date | Late 2013 |
Call sign meaning | GAIa FM |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 3 kW[1] |
| HAAT | -206.78 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 20°37′26.4″N 105°13′40.7″W[2] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
The permit for XHGAI was awarded on January 11, 2012, to Gaia FM, A.C., along with additional permits for stations in Colima, Colima (XHOMA-FM), Cancún and Playa del Carmen, signed XHGAI on late in 2013 with its Pirata FM rock music format, which also aired on its two stations in Quintana Roo.
In 2015, Gaia FM, A.C. was subsumed into Capital Media, which is a commercial radio station owner. Capital, which already owned a station in Colima, divested that station and retained the other three. The stations kept their format with a name change to Capital Pirata FM.
On January 1, 2019, the Capital Pirata FM format was replaced with the Capital Máxima grupera brand; this was the first Gaia FM station operated by Capital to leave the Pirata FM format. It then flipped to Capital FM (pop) on January 31, 2020. On June 8, 2020, XHGAI was one of seven stations to debut the new Lokura FM adult hits brand.
In a 2018 filing with the IFT, Capital declared that it did not directly operate the Gaia FM stations but instead provided them with less than five percent of their broadcast day in news capsules and other material.[3]
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-13. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- RPC: #016910 Technical Characteristics of Operation - XHGAI-FM
- Acuerdo P/IFT/140218/111, footnote on page 28