XHWK-FM is a radio station on 101.5 FM near

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. It began in 1954 as a

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History

Cadena Radio Guadalajara, S.A., received the concession for XEWK-AM on 1190 kHz on October 28, 1954, though six months earlier on April 27, provisional transmissions had been authorized. The concessionaire was changed in 1994. The AM station operated 50

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s during the day and 10 kilowatts at night on 1190

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from a transmitter at Atemajac del Valle,

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. In 2017, XEWK-AM was authorized for second-wave AM-FM migration on 101.5 MHz as XHWK-FM. The station signed on March 27, 2020 and came into official service days later; the AM was turned off at 11:59 p.m. on March 29, 2021.RPC: AM Shutdown — XHWK-FM
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* * Radio stations established in 1954 Guadalajara metropolitan area Radiópolis Radio stations in Guadalajara {{Jalisco-radio-station-stub