XEXY-AM is a radio station on
780 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 780 kHz: There are only eight stations in the 48 contiguous United States plus one in Alaska which are authorized to broadcast on 780 AM during nighttime hours. 780 AM is a United States ...
in
Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, Mexico. It is owned by the García Vergara family and known as La Poderosa Voz del Balsas.
History
XEXY received its concession on December 13, 1969. It was owned by Rafael García Vergara and broadcast with 500 watts as a daytimer on 1530 kHz. By the 1980s, it was operating with 1,000 watts, and it later moved to
780
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in order to broadcast with 2.5 kW.
XEXY was cleared for AM-FM migration in 2011 as XHXY-FM 89.5. The migration never took place, as with sister station
XERY-AM
XERY-AM is a radio station on 1450 AM in Arcelia, Guerrero, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; t ...
in
Arcelia
Arcelia is a city and seat of the municipality of Arcelia, in the state of Guerrero, south-western Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is borde ...
. There would be no local FM station in Ciudad Altamirano until 2018, when
XHSCBP-FM began broadcasting as a community station.
References
Radio stations in Guerrero
Radio stations established in 1969
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