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XHWB-FM is a radio station on
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Veracruz, Veracruz Veracruz (), known officially as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz. The city is located along the coast in the central pa ...
, Mexico. It is owned by Radiópolis and carries its Los 40 format.


History

XEWB-AM received its concession on January 25, 1956. It was originally on 760 kHz with 5 kW day and 1 kW night, operated by Radio Golfo, S.A. However, in the 1960s, it began operation on 900 AM as a co-channel booster to co-owned XEW-AM in Mexico City, with 50,000 watts daytime and 5,000 watts nighttime. It operated in this role alongside the two
XEWA-AM XHEWA-FM/XEWA-AM are commercial radio stations in San Luis Potosí City, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. XEWA broadcasts on 540 AM and is a Class A station. Its transmitter is in Soledad de Graciano Sánchez. XEWA is one of the highest powered rad ...
stations on 540 kHz in Monterrey and San Luis Potosí. By the 1980s, it was 50,000 watts at all hours with a directional nighttime pattern, though in the 2000s it returned to a lower power at night with 10 kW. The AM-FM migration required the reinvention of XEWB, with its extensive service area, as a local station primarily serving central Veracruz; it adopted the Los 40 Principales format at that time. The AM station has since been shut down and dismantled.


References

Radio stations in Veracruz Radiópolis {{Veracruz-radio-station-stub