XHWA-FM

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XHWA-FM
Frequency98.5 FM
BrandingJoya
Programming
FormatAdult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Avanradio
  • (Frecuencia 98, S.A. de C.V.)
OperatorGrupo Radio Digital
History
First air date
April 14, 1987 (concession)
Technical information
ClassB
ERP25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates
19°31′07.81″N 96°56′14.55″W / 19.5188361°N 96.9373750°W / 19.5188361; -96.9373750
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitesoypopxalapa.com

XHWA-FM is a radio station on 98.5 FM in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. It is owned by Avanradio and currently operated by Grupo Radio Digital and carries its "Joya" adult contemporary format.

History

XHWA received its concession on April 14, 1987. It was originally owned by Gloria Alicia Iñiguez Torres but sold in the 1990s to Avanradio.

The One FM dance format this station had prior to 2019 was later exported to Veracruz on Avanradio's

XHFM 94.9
. It ended its run May 31, 2019, as GRD took over and flipped the station to Exa FM.

Most of GRD's stations dropped their MVS Radio franchised brands on May 1, 2021. Remaining a pop station, XHWA adopted the same "Soy FM" imaging as used by XHPR-FM in the city of Veracruz.

References

  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-05-09. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.