# XEWF-AM

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Radio station in Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico

XEWF-AM Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico Mexico Broadcast area Greater Mexico City Frequency 540 kHz Branding La Bestia Grupera Programming Format Grupera Ownership Owner Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones (XEWF, S.A.) Sister stations XEVOZ-AM, XEUR-AM, XECO-AM History First air date 1962; 64 years ago (1962) Former frequencies 1420 kHz (1962–2004) Technical information Licensing authority CRT Class B Power 20,000 watts (day) 2,500 watts (night)[1] Transmitter coordinates 19°10′13.5″N 98°50′49.1″W / 19.170417°N 98.846972°W / 19.170417; -98.846972 Links Webcast Listen live Website audiorama.mx

**XEWF-AM** (540 [MHz](/source/Hertz)) is a [commercial](/source/Commercial_radio) [radio station](/source/Radio_station) in [Tlalmanalco](/source/Tlalmanalco), in the [State of Mexico](/source/State_of_Mexico). It is owned by Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones and it serves the [Greater Mexico City](/source/Greater_Mexico_City). XEWF-AM carries a [regional Mexican](/source/Regional_Mexican) [radio format](/source/Radio_format) and is known as "La Bestia Grupera."

By day, it is powered at 20,000 [watts](/source/Watt). But to protect other stations on [540 AM](/source/540_AM) from interference, it reduces power at night to 2,500 watts. It uses a [non-directional antenna](/source/Omnidirectional_antenna).

## History

The history of XEWF begins in [Cuernavaca, Morelos](/source/Cuernavaca%2C_Morelos). Fernando Díaz Enríquez received a concession for a station on 1420 kHz in that city. After four decades of transmitting from Cuernavaca, XEWF moved in September 2004 to Tlalmanalco, east of Mexico City. That was coupled with a change in its frequency to 540 kHz in a bid to become a [rimshot](/source/Rimshot_(broadcasting)) station serving Mexico City, which comprises 35% of the national radio market.

On October 18, 2006, Radiorama Valle de México began operating 540 AM as a [children's radio](/source/Children's_radio) station, "ColoRín ColoRadio," targeted at youngsters from ages six to twelve. On May 15, 2007, [XEUR-AM](/source/XEUR-AM) 1530 and XEWF 540 completed a format swap, with XEUR becoming a [simulcast](/source/Simulcast) of [grupera](/source/Grupera)-formatted [XEQ-FM](/source/XEQ-FM) 92.9 Ke Buena. The next year, the station broke from XEQ-FM to run its own programming aimed at listeners on the east side of Mexico City, since its transmitter is also east of the capital. The station has since changed names twice, to "La Mexiquense" and "La Bestia Grupera".

On January 1, 2020, the station began simulcasting the [news-talk](/source/Talk_radio) format on 98.5 [XHDL-FM](/source/XHDL-FM) "El Heraldo Radio".[2] A year later on February 1, 2021, XEWF returned to "La Bestia Grupera" format, leaving "El Heraldo Radio" only on XHDL-FM.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mexico-inf-AM_1-0)** [Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute). [Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM](http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/industria/memoriaam160518.pdf). Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Technical information from the [IFT Coverage Viewer](http://mapasradiodifusion.ift.org.mx/CPCREL-web/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Tweet from @heraldodemexico](https://twitter.com/heraldodemexico/status/1212453266224820225), January 1, 2020

v t e Radio stations in Mexico City By AM frequency 540 560 590 620 660 690 710 730 760 7901 830 860 900 940 970 1000 1030 1060 1080 1110 1130 1150 1180 1220 1260 1320 1350 1380 1410 1440 1470 1500 1530 1590 1670 By SW frequency 4.8 6.01 6.185 9.6 By FM frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 106.92 107.3 107.9 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.1-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 91.3-1 92.1-1 93.7-1 95.7-1 96.5-1 97.7-1 98.5-1 98.5-2 103.3-1 104.1-1 105.3-1 107.3-1 107.3-2 By call sign XEABC XEAI XEANAH XEARZ XEB XEBS XECHAP XECO XECPAE XEDA-FM XEDF XEDF-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 XEDTL XEEST XEFR XEITE XEJP XEJP-FM XEL XEMP XEN XENK XEOC XEOI XEOY XEOYE-FM XEPH XEPPM XEQ XEQ-FM XEQK XEQR XEQR-FM HD2 XERC1 XERC-FM XERED XERFR XERFR-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 XERTA XETUL XEUN XEYU XEUN-FM XEUR XEVOZ XEW XEW-FM XEWF XEX XEX-FM XHDFM XHDL XHEP XHEXA XHFAJ HD2 XHFO XHIMER HD2 HD3 XHIMR HD2 HD3 XHINFO XHIPN XHM XHMM XHMVS XHOF XHPOP XHRED XHSCCA2 XHSH XHSON XHUAM XHUIA HD2 Internet Concepto Radial Radio México Internacional Defunct XEDA 1290 XENET 1320 XEINFO 1560 XERMX 5.985/9.705/11.77/15.43/17.765 XHFM 94.1 XHCDMX 106.1 Nearby regions Puebla City Other states Hidalgo State of Mexico Morelos Querétaro Tlaxcala See also List of radio stations in Mexico City Notes 1. Station is silent 2. Unbuilt or under construction

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