{{Short description|Radio station in San Luis Potosí, Mexico}} {{Redirect|XEWA-AM|XEWA-AM in Monterrey, Nuevo León|XHWAG-FM}}

{{More citations needed|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox radio station | name = XHEWA-FM / XEWA-AM | logo = Los 40.svg | city = [[San Luis Potosí City]], [[San Luis Potosí]] | country = MX | area = | branding = [[Los 40]] | airdate = [[1950 in radio|1950]] (AM)<br />[[2011 in radio|2011]] (FM) | frequency = [[103.9 FM]] / [[540 AM]] | format = [[Contemporary hit radio|Spanish & English Top 40 (CHR)]] | power = AM: 150,000 [[watt]]s {{mexico-inf|AM|accessdate=2015-07-08}} | erp = FM: 25,000 watts {{mexico-inf|FM|accessdate=2015-07-08}} | haat = FM: {{convert|52.2|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = A (AM)<br>B1 (FM) | callsign_meaning = '''XEW A''' ('''H''' added in AM-FM migration) | owner = [[Radiópolis]] | operator = GlobalMedia | licensee = Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. | sister_stations = [[XHBM-FM]], [[XHEPO-FM]], [[XHOD-FM]], [[XHPM-FM]], [[XHSMR-FM]], [[XHCCBY-FM]] | webcast = {{listenlive|https://los40.b-cdn.net/stream}} | website = {{URL|https://globalmedia.mx/Los40}} | coordinates = {{coord|22|09|28.6|N|100|55|34.5|W}} }} '''XHEWA-FM'''/'''XEWA-AM''' are [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]]s in [[San Luis Potosí City]], [[San Luis Potosí]], [[Mexico]]. XEWA broadcasts on [[540 AM]] and is a [[list of broadcast station classes|Class A]] station. Its [[transmitter]] is in [[Soledad de Graciano Sánchez]].<ref>[https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&mex=FER033104CO-105342&mexsvc=AM FCCdata.org/XEWA]</ref> XEWA is one of the highest powered radio stations in North America, broadcasting at 150,000 [[watt]]s, using a [[directional antenna]] by day and a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] at night. [[540 AM]] is a Mexican and [[Canada|Canadian]] [[clear-channel]] frequency.

XHEWA broadcasts on [[103.9 FM]], with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 25,000 watts. Its [[radio masts and towers|tower]] is also in Soledad de Graciano Sánchez.<ref>[https://fccdata.org/?call=xhewa&ccode=6&country=MX&lang=en&city= FCCdata.org/XHEWA-FM]</ref> The two stations are owned by [[Radiópolis]]. They carry a [[Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 (CHR)]] [[radio format]], playing both [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language]] hits, known as "Los 40."

== History == XEWA received its concession on December 2, 1948, one of a string of repeaters of [[XEW-AM]] 900 Mexico City authorized in the late 1940s. XEWA began operations on the frequency of 540&nbsp;kHz with 150,000 watts of power — still its current levels, making it the most powerful AM radio station in the country.

In May 1961, a second '''XEWA-AM''' was licensed to operate in [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]], in order to provide daytime XEW service and an improved nighttime signal there. It operates with 1,500 watts during the day and 1,000 watts night.

On March 16, 1988, XEWA struck out on its own with a [[grupera]] format known as Súper Estelar WA. Broadcasting from Monterrey, Súper Estelar was programmed by [[Multimedios Radio|Multimedios Estrellas de Oro]] and served as one of Mexico's pioneering grupera stations. After five years, Súper Estelar left XEWA and migrated to [[XHSNP-FM]] 93.7 (later 97.7) in San Luis Potosí, which was owned directly by Multimedios; it was also carried on some Multimedios radio stations in other cities until the format became known as La Caliente.

The end of Súper Estelar made way for a flip to the Ke Buena format from [[Radiópolis]], which lasted until 1998 when the station began repeating XEW again, now known as "Cadena W Azul y Plata" and later as "W Radio". In 2003, [[Grupo Radiorama|Radiorama]] began managing the station for Televisa Radio.

In July 2009, saw the first ever split between XEWA Monterrey and XEWA San Luis Potosí. The San Luis Potosí station was transferred to local radio company MG Radio, while XEWA Monterrey began offering a Nuevo León-specific version of W Radio; ever since, XEWA Monterrey, now on FM as [[XHWAG-FM]], has been a separately programmed station which is currently operated directly by Televisa Radio.

In San Luis, XHEWA-FM 103.9 was authorized in 2011 and came on the air that July; while it is technically an AM-FM migrant, the AM station cannot be shut off until radio service is available in the entirety of its coverage area, including ten municipalities in five states with no other radio service.<ref>[https://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift090714209.pdf List I of stations that must remain on AM – IFT Pleno 2014]</ref> In 2012, Radiorama returned to manage XEWA/XHEWA, and in July, W Radio was replaced with [[Los 40]] Principales. Radiorama's regional affiliate in Tampico, Grupo AS, took over the San Luis Potosí region in 2016 and operated it until December 31 of that year. On January 9, 2017, GlobalMedia, which also had begun programming Ke Buena in San Luis Potosí on [[XHBM-FM]] 105.7, took over operations of XHEWA after the station spent several days directly relaying [[XEX-FM]] Mexico City.

== Coverage == XEWA-AM is the dominant [[clear-channel station]] at [[540 AM]], powered at 150 kilowatts to cover the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Querétaro, Guanajuato and Aguascalientes. The station also has nighttime coverage throughout most of Mexico, as well as the neighboring American states of [[Texas]] and [[New Mexico]].

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.facebook.com/los40slp/ Los 40 103.9 Facebook] * [http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=XEWA FCC information for XEWA]

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