XHVQ-FM is a radio station on 96.9 FM in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, known as Vibra Radio.
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| Frequency | 96.9 FM |
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| Branding | Vibra Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | May 15, 1964 (concession) |
Former call signs | XENP-AM, XENSM-AM, XEVQ-AM |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 25 kWs[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 24°49′56″N 107°24′17″W / 24.83222°N 107.40472°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | vibra.red |
History
XENP-AM 830—also known as XENSM—received its concession on May 15, 1964. It was originally located in Navolato and owned by Salvador Águilar Montenegro, whose family owned several local gas stations,[2] operating as a 1,000-watt daytimer. Within several years, the call sign was changed to XEVQ-AM, and station operations moved to Culiacán. By the 1980s, XEVQ was owned by Radio y Televisión del Noroeste and operating with 5,000 watts. In the 2000s, it added 1,000 watts at night.
XEVQ migrated to FM in 2011 as XHVQ-FM 96.9.
In June 2021, XHVQ-FM and its sister from Mazatlán, XHMAT-FM 99.5, withdrew from Grupo ACIR, changing to Vibra Radio on June 22, 2021.