XHWK-FM

Last updated
XHWK-FM
Broadcast area Guadalajara metropolitan area
Frequency 101.5 FM (HD Radio)
BrandingW Radio
Programming
Format News/talk
Ownership
Owner
  • Radiópolis
  • (Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.)
XEBA-FM, XEHL-FM, XELT-AM, XEZZ-AM
History
First air date
October 28, 1954 (1954-10-28) (concession)
March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27) (FM)
Former call signs
XEWK-AM
Former frequencies
1190 kHz (1954–2021)
Technical information
Class A
ERP 3 kW
HAAT 331 meters (1,086 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 20°35′59.87″N103°21′54.09″W / 20.5999639°N 103.3650250°W / 20.5999639; -103.3650250
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website wradio.com.mx

XHWK-FM is a radio station on 101.5 FM near Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It began in 1954 as a rebroadcaster of XEW-AM. [1]

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History

Cadena Radio Guadalajara, S.A., received the concession for XEWK-AM on 1190 kHz on October 28, 1954, though six months earlier on April 27, provisional transmissions had been authorized. The concessionaire was changed in 1994. The AM station operated 50 kilowatts during the day and 10 kilowatts at night on 1190 kHz from a transmitter at Atemajac del Valle, Zapopan, Jalisco. [2]

In 2017, XEWK-AM was authorized for second-wave AM-FM migration on 101.5 MHz as XHWK-FM. The station signed on March 27, 2020 and came into official service days later; the AM was turned off at 11:59 p.m. on March 29, 2021. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Los 40 Principales". DXing.info. Vantaa: Mika Mäkeläinen. p. 4/6. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  2. ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved July 2, 2014. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. ↑ RPC: AM Shutdown — XHWK-FM


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