XEVOZ-AM (1590 AM) is a radio station serving Mexico City, with its transmitter in San Pablo de las Salinas, Tultitlan Municipality, State of Mexico.
| Simulcast of XEUR-AM 1530 | |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
| Frequency | 1590 AM |
| Branding | Buenisiima |
| Programming | |
| Format | Tropical music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| XEWF-AM, XECO-AM, XEUR-AM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1944 |
Former call signs | XEMC-AM |
Call sign meaning | Station was known as "Radio Voz" |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 20 kW day 0.900 kW night[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°40′33.76″N 99°06′31.51″W / 19.6760444°N 99.1087528°W[2] |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | audiorama.mx |
History edit
The first concession for 1590 AM was made in 1944 for XEMC-AM, made to Dolores G. Estrada de Ferreiro.[3] During its early years, it broadcast Spanish music.
In 1963, Grupo ACIR bought the station and changed its calls to XEVOZ-AM. Under ACIR it became "Radio Voz" and broadcast tropical music. The format remained until 1989, when the station became "Radio ACIR", a format moved to XEL-AM not long after. XEVOZ in turn received the name "Capital Radio" and a rock format; the station was soon renamed "Capital Heavy Radio". The next 15 years would be marked by a carousel of formats: "Radio Capital" with tropical and norteña music (1995–1996); the short-lived "Óxido" rock format that was moved to XEFR-AM months later; ranchera music as "Bonita 1590" (1996–2004): "Radio Reloj", news with time announcements every minute (2004–06, during the brief window that XEQK-AM was not on its similar format); "Radio Tráfico", traffic conditions for Mexico City (2006–08); and "Luz 1590" with Christian pop (2008–09, being so far one of only two stations to broadcast Christian music in Mexico City, alongside XEUR-AM which had that format for a brief time in 2010).
In 2009 ACIR shed many of its stations, with Radiorama buying all of them. Under Radiorama XEVOZ had five different formats and names in 2010: "Radio 1590" with Spanish rock (January); "Radio Fiesta", a name used formerly on XEUR-AM (January–May); "Vida 1590" with contemporary music in Spanish and English; and finally, regional Mexican as "Radio Mexicana 1590" from June 1, 2010, changed to "La Mexicana 1590" in October.[4]
In mid-2016, XEVOZ flipped from Regional Mexican to pop as "@1590". On November 12, 2021, XEVOZ switched back to the tropical music format as Buenisiima, a brand belonging to Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones
En 2023 el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones aprobó e hizo lo posible de cambiar la ubicación de la planta transmisora de San José Puente de Vigas, Tlalnepantla a San Pablo de las Salinas, Tultitlan, Estado de México
References edit
- ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-22. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- ^ "#066564 Modificación al Título de Concesión" (PDF). Public Registry of Concessions (in Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. August 15, 2018.
- ^ 1944 concession for XEMC-AM
- ^ XEVOZ History