XHRW-FM is a radio station on

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Tampico Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fifth ...

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, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo AS Comunicación and carries the

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pop format from

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History

Raul Wertt received the concession for XHRW-FM in 1974 and put the station on the air in 1975. The original concession specified operation on 99.3 MHz (later used by

XHETU-FM XHETU-FM (branded as Vida Romántica) is a Mexican Spanish-language radio station serving Tampico, Tamaulipas as well as Tuxpan and Poza Rica, Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Soverei ...

) with an ERP of three kilowatts. The station was known as Stereo 99 and later Estéreo Ritmo. In 1990, the station moved to 97.7 MHz, rebranding as Super Stereo 98 in 1997. In 2002, the station changed its name, continuing in the pop format, to

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97.7. In 2007, the

Los 40 Principales Los 40 (The 40, stylized as LOS40 and formerly ''Los 40 Principales'', es, Los Cuarenta) is a Top 40 music radio network and radio station brand in many Spanish-speaking countries from PRISA Radio. The station has its origins as a music show ...

format that had been broadcast on

XHHF-FM XHHF-FM (branded as La Poderosa) is a Mexican Spanish language, Spanish-language FM radio station that serves the Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico market area. History XHHF received its concession on February 14, 1985. It was owned by Juan Bautista C ...

96.9 moved to XHRW-FM.

References

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