XEPH-AM

XEPH-AM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 590 AM, XEPH-AM is owned by NRM Comunicaciones and broadcasts a tropical music format under the brand name Sabrosita.

XEPH-AM

Simulcast with XEBS-AM 1410
Mexico City Mexico
Broadcast area	Greater Mexico City
Frequency	590 kHz
Branding	Sabrosita
Programming
Format	Tropical music
Ownership
Owner	NRM Comunicaciones (Compañia Mexicana de Radiodifusión, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XHSON-FM, XHMM-FM, XEOYE-FM, XEOY-AM, XEBS-AM
History
First air date	October 1, 1942 (1942-10-01)
Technical information
Class	B
Power	25 kW day 10 kW night[1]
Transmitter coordinates	19°23′19.5″N 99°07′30.1″W
Links
Website	sabrositadigital.mx

History

The XEPH concession was awarded in November 1940, with the station coming to air in 1942.^[2]

After moving in a rock direction for years, in August 1967, the station became rock-formatted "La Pantera" (The Panther). In 1987, the station became Spanish modern rock-formatted Espacio 59, only to go back to 1960s and 1970s rock in December 1989. In 1990, XEPH became rock-formatted "Radio Alicia", and from 1992 to 1995, it became "X-Press Radio 590" with an English-language news and music format, similar to Radio VIP.

1995 saw the creation of Sabrosita, which moved to XHSON-FM 100.9 in 1999 to make way for a return of La Pantera to 590. In 2002, La Pantera was replaced again, this time with a sports radio format as Estadio 590; the next year, Estadio 590 gave way to romantic music-formatted Tuya 590.

In 2004, with the creation of the current Beat 100.9 dance music format, Sabrosita returned to 590 AM.

NRM ceased separate programming of XEBS-AM 1410 on December 1, 2022, and brought the two stations together as a simulcast known as Sabrosita 590 y 1410.

References

1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-18. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
2. History of XEPH-AM