XHOPE-FM | |
City: | Mazatlán, Sinaloa |
Country: | MX |
Branding: | Exa FM |
Airdate: | March 26, 1945 1994 (FM) |
Frequency: | 89.7 MHz |
Format: | Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR) |
Erp: | 15 kW |
Sister Stations: | XHERJ-FM |
Callsign Meaning: | Oscar Pérez Escobosa |
Former Callsigns: | XETK-AM, XHTK-FM, XEOPE-AM |
Former Frequencies: | 630 kHz (1945–2019) |
Affiliations: | MVS Radio |
Owner: | Grupo Promomedios |
Licensee: | Radio Ope de Mazatlán, S.A. de C.V. |
XHOPE-FM 89.7 is a radio station in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It carries the national Exa FM format from MVS Radio.
XEOPE received its first concession in March 1945. Then known as XETK-AM, it broadcast on 630 kHz with 1,000 watts day and 250 watts night (later increased to 500).
In 1972, Oscar Pérez Escobosa bought XETK along with XESA-AM in Culiacán.[1] He already owned XERJ-AM in Mazatlán, which had begun operations in 1940, and he also founded XHMZ-TV channel 7. Pérez founded Grupo Promomedios, which continues to own the rechristened XEOPE/XHOPE (named in his honor) as well as the FM successors to those stations.
Promomedios presented the IFT with a surrender of the 630 AM frequency on July 3, 2019.[2]