XHGNK-FM (96.7
MHz
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) is a
radio station
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in
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Lare ...
, Mexico.
History
XEGNK-AM 1370 received its concession on June 26, 1962. It was owned by Guillermo Nuñez Keith.
XEGNK-AM was selected for second-wave AM-FM migration in Nuevo Laredo and signed on XHGNK-FM, the last of five such new FM stations for the city, on June 20, 2019. On July 29, after simulcasting XEGNK-AM with no changes, the new station relaunched as La Lupe 96.7 with the
Multimedios Radio
Multimedios Radio is the radio division of Grupo Multimedios, operating 31 radio stations in northern and central Mexico.
Multimedios traces its history to the founding of XEAW-AM in the late 1930s.
Stations
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Multime ...
format. The IFT approved the transfer of the XHGNK-FM concession from
Grupo Radiorama
Grupo Radiorama is the largest owner and operator of radio stations in Mexico. Founded in 1970, the company operated nearly 400 radio stations in 2014.
History
Radiorama was founded on December 9, 1970, by Javier Pérez de Anda and Adrián Pered ...
to Multimedios on April 1, 2020. Two months later, on June 20, 2020, the AM was shut down for good.
RPC: AM Shutdown Notice — XHGNK-FM
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Radio stations in Nuevo Laredo
Multimedios Radio
Regional Mexican radio stations
Radio stations established in 1962
1962 establishments in Mexico
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