XHEXA-FM is a Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR) radio station that serves

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and states surrounding the

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. Broadcasting on 104.9 MHz, XHEXA-FM is owned by

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and is the flagship station of the Exa FM format.

History

XHBST-FM signed on in 1974, owned by the same Stereorey consortium that brought FM to major Mexican cities on stations such as

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102.5 Mexico City and

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in Monterrey. It carried the "Stereo Best" format, which was very similar. Not long after, it changed formats completely to "FM Globo", a name it would use with varying formats including romantic music, Spanish pop and contemporary music. The station changed its callsign to XHMRD-FM on October 8, 1991, and on January 1, 2000, changed its name to "Exa FM", with a Top 40 CHR format, its name alluding to the format of airing blocks of six consecutive songs. Its callsign was later changed to XHEXA-FM to reflect its new name. The callsign had been in use for a brief time on an MVS Radio station in Hermosillo, Sonora, which returned to the

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callsign when the XHEXA calls moved to Mexico City.

References

External links

Official Site of XHEXA-FM 104.9 MHz, Exa FM

MVS Radio Website

Exa FM 104.9 Facebook
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