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XHABCA-FM 101.3 is a radio station in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo Radio Cañón and carries the La Ke Buena Regional Mexican format from Radiópolis.

History

XEABCA-AM began on 1590 kHz in 1984, when a concession was awarded for XEYX-AM, owned by Mario Ignacio Melendez Soto. Its first format was tropical music as "La Gigante".

In 1997, the station was sold to MVS Radio and rechristened XEMVS-AM. The concessionaire name for this station, Stereorey Mexicali, was a nod to MVS's Stereorey format; stations owned by MVS Radio have the concessionaire Stereorey México, S.A. In the 1990s, the station also relocated from 1590 kHz to 820. During MVS ownership, the station affiliated to the La Mejor regional Mexican national format, later becoming oldies-formatted Nostalgia 820 and grupera-formatted Radio Lobo.

In 2004, MVS sold the station to Organización Editorial Mexicana, which changed its calls to the current XEABCA-AM and brought its ABC Radio programming to Mexicali. OEM also bought XEMMM-AM 940 from Cadena Baja California.

After being approved in July 2017, XEABCA began its AM-FM migration in September 2020, signing on XHABCA-FM 101.3; the station formally added the FM on September 20. The station will be subject to a continuity obligation to keep the AM operational in order to provide service to 11 people who receive no other radio stations. In March 2022, it rebranded as Radio Cañón with no change in format.

On April 23, 2023, as part of a national alliance between the company and Radiópolis, 22 NTR-owned stations adopted franchise formats from Radiópolis, with XHABCA-FM switching to a regional music format under the La Ke Buena franchise.

References

1. Tapia, Mariela (20 September 2020). "Arranca con manteles largos "La Voz Radio", en la 101.3 FM". La Voz de la Frontera (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
2. Federal Telecommunications Institute (December 2018). "Estudio de continuidad de los servicios de radiodifusión sonora en AM" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved July 3, 2019.
3. Macías Palma, Carlos (April 16, 2023). "La W radio llega a Puebla" [W Radio comes to Puebla]. Urbeconómica (in Spanish).

External links

• ABC Radio 820 AM Facebook

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