XHOPE-FM 89.7 is a radio station in

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. It carries the national Exa FM format from

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History

XEOPE received its first concession in March 1945. Then known as XETK-AM, it broadcast on 630 kHz with 1,000 watts day and 250 watts night (later increased to 500). In 1972, Oscar Pérez Escobosa bought XETK along with XESA-AM in Culiacán. He already owned XERJ-AM in Mazatlán, which had begun operations in 1940, and he also founded

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channel 7. Pérez founded Grupo Promomedios, which continues to own the rechristened XEOPE/XHOPE (named in his honor) as well as the FM successors to those stations. Promomedios presented the IFT with a surrender of the 630 AM frequency on July 3, 2019.RPC: #038104 AM Surrender — XEOPE-AM
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References

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