Cuaderno En Frecuencia: August 11
Nayarit adds two more Patronas; La Lupe pushes into Villahermosa; getting ready for a new Class D
This is Patrona Country
Alica Medios is out to conquer Nayarit so thoroughly that it might rename the state La Patronayarit. To wit, in the last week or so:
- XHCCBH-FM 91.3A Compostela launched as La Patrona at the end of July. This is the second auction station with this community of license, though the Class AA XHPCTN-FM is a Tepic quasi-rimshot, unlike this one.
- Alica is running XHSI-FM 94.5 in Santiago Ixcuintla, which dropped its longtime Radio Positiva name to become La Patrona on Monday.
Lupe Continues Southeast Swing
La Lupe is pushing into country not traditionally associated with Multimedios in the latest affiliation deal, as XHREC-FM in Villahermosa has become the newest station in the format.
XHREC’s flip had been announced late last week but was not yet operative by then. The switch in programming came on Tuesday.
It led to a second flip, as the displaced La Rancherita format replaced Oreja FM on Grupo AS’s XHVHT-FM 99.1.
ITESO Goes for 95 in ‘25
Radio ITESO 95.1, better known as Resuena Medios’s planned class-D in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco (XHCSFH-FM), has appointed an editorial council en route to a planned 2025 on-air debut.
It will approve or disapprove of program proposals, provide editorial and ethical oversight, and keep the station’s programming in general alignment with ITESO’s mission and vision.
Elsewhere…
- The new transmitter for XETT-AM 1430 in Tlaxcala is in service. It is expected to restore coverage lost to the degrading older equipment and be more reliable. Judging by the pictures, it’s a Nautel NX5 unit (5 kW), replacing a 1990s-vintage Gates Five transmitter from Harris stated to have been in service 30 years.
- The IFT RPC this week revealed the call sign for the new community radio station for La Huacana, Mich.: XHSCHR-FM 106.3. It goes with XHSCHS-FM 107.7 in Churumuco de Morelos, approved the same day to a similarly named civil association.
Corrected. An earlier version of this story said that XHZE-FM, not XHSI-FM, was the Santiago Ixcuintla station that switched.
