XHPBCQ-FM

Radio station in Cancún, Quintana Roo

21°09′39.93″N 86°51′08.01″W / 21.1610917°N 86.8522250°W / 21.1610917; -86.8522250LinksWebsitelazcancun.com

XHPBCQ-FM is a radio station on 94.9 FM in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The station is owned by Promo Éxitos and known as La Z with a regional Mexican format.

History

XHPBCQ was awarded in the IFT-4 radio auction of 2017 for 86.5 million pesos and was the most expensive single station in the entire auction.^[3] It came on air by 2019 and simulcast the Alfa pop format from XHFAJ-FM 91.3 in Mexico City.

Grupo Radio Centro initiated a process to sell 10 stations outside Mexico City, including XHPBCQ, in 2020. In October 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute approved the transfer of XHPBCQ and Promotora de Éxitos to Rafael Aguirre and his company, La Mera en Playa, S.A. de C.V.^[4]

In May 2022, XHCCQ/XECCQ 91.5/630 was relaunched under Audiorama's La Bestia Grupera brand, and La Z moved from XHCCQ to XHPBCQ.

References

^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 14 November 2018. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
^ RPC: #030669 Technical Characteristics of Operation - XHPBCQ-FM
^ Canché, Pedro (February 20, 2017). "Banda FM de Cancún, la estación mas cara de QRoo" [Cancún FM band, the most expensive station in Quintana Roo]. Pedro Canché Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2020.
^ "Resolución mediante la cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones autoriza la enajenación de acciones de la empresa Promotora de Éxitos, S.A. de C.V., concesionaria para el uso, aprovechamiento y explotación comercial de la frecuencia 94.9 MHz con distintivo XHPBCQ-FM en Cancún (Benito Juárez e Isla Mujeres), Quintana Roo" (PDF) (in Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. October 6, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2022.