XHVQ-FM is a radio station on 96.9 FM in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, known as Vibra Radio.

XHVQ-FM
Frequency96.9 FM
BrandingVibra Radio
Programming
FormatRegional Mexican
Ownership
Owner
  • Vibra Radio
  • (Radio XHVQ, S. de R.L. de C.V.)
History
First air date
May 15, 1964 (concession)
Former call signs
XENP-AM, XENSM-AM, XEVQ-AM
Technical information
ClassB1
ERP25 kWs[1]
Transmitter coordinates
24°49′56″N 107°24′17″W / 24.83222°N 107.40472°W / 24.83222; -107.40472
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitevibra.red

History

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Logo as Amor used from 2017 to 2021

XENP-AM 830—also known as XENSM—received its concession on May 15, 1964. It was originally located in Navolato and owned by Salvador Águilar Montenegro, whose family owned several local gas stations,[2] operating as a 1,000-watt daytimer. Within several years, the call sign was changed to XEVQ-AM, and station operations moved to Culiacán. By the 1980s, XEVQ was owned by Radio y Televisión del Noroeste and operating with 5,000 watts. In the 2000s, it added 1,000 watts at night.

XEVQ migrated to FM in 2011 as XHVQ-FM 96.9.

In June 2021, XHVQ-FM and its sister in Mazatlán, XHMAT-FM 99.5, withdrew from Grupo ACIR, changing to Vibra Radio on June 22, 2021. The stations' parent companies were then sold.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Oropeza, Rosario (March 24, 2015). "XENSM, hoy la VQ, de Navolato a Culiacán" (in European Spanish). Retrieved January 18, 2021.