XHEXA-FM
Contemporary hit radio station in Mexico City
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XHEXA-FM (104.9 FM) is a contemporary hit radio station in Mexico City. XHEXA-FM is owned by MVS Radio and is the flagship station of the Exa FM format. The transmitter site is located atop Cerro del Chiquihuite.
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| Frequency | 104.9 MHz |
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| Branding | Exa FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio |
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First air date | January 19, 1972 |
Former call signs | XHVIP-FM (prior to sign-on), XHBST-FM, XHMRD-FM |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 89,400 watts[1] |
| HAAT | 468.13 meters (1,535.9 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°31′56.7″N 99°07′51.7″W |
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| Webcast | |
| Website | exafm |
History
XHBST-FM signed on the air in 1974, owned by the same Stereorey consortium that brought FM to major Mexican cities on stations such as XHV-FM 102.5 Mexico City and XHSRO-FM in Monterrey. It carried the "Stereo Best" format, which was very similar. Not long after, it changed formats completely to "FM Globo", a name it would use with varying formats including romantic music, Spanish pop and contemporary music. The station changed its callsign to XHMRD-FM on October 8, 1991, and on January 1, 2000, changed its name to "Exa FM", with a Top 40 CHR format, its name alluding to the format of airing blocks of six consecutive songs. Its callsign was later changed to XHEXA-FM to reflect its new name. The callsign had been in use for a brief time on an MVS Radio station in Hermosillo, Sonora, which returned to the XHBH-FM callsign when the XHEXA calls moved to Mexico City.
