XHWS-FM

XHWS-FM

Culiacán, Sinaloa Mexico
Frequency	102.5 MHz
Branding	La Bestia Grupera
Programming
Format	Grupera
Affiliations	GCIM
Ownership
Owner	Grupo RSN (XHWS, S.A. de C.V.)
History
First air date	November 15, 1957 (concession)
Former call signs	XEWS-AM
Former frequencies	1010 kHz
Technical information
ERP	25 kW
Transmitter coordinates	24°49′56″N 107°24′17″W
Links
Website	www.rsn.com.mx/gruporsn/

XHWS-FM is a radio station on 102.5 FM in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. It is owned by Grupo RSN and carries a grupera format known as La Bestia Grupera.

History

XEWS-AM received its concession on November 15, 1957. It was owned by Modesto Roberto Pérez and broadcast on 1010 kHz with 5,000 watts day and 250 night. Humaya, S.A. acquired XEWS in the 1960s. Eventually, Grupo ACIR owned the station and carried the formats including Radio Capital, Radio ACIR, and Inolvidable beginning in 2003. In April 2009, as part of a transaction involving most ACIR stations, it was sold to Radiorama to broadcast Romántica 1010, maintaining the romantic format.

XEWS migrated to FM in 2010. In 2015, Romántica moved to another XHCSI-FM and the Los 40 Principales franchise becoming the station that previously broadcast XHIN-FM 95.3.

In December 2016, XHWS and sister station XHENZ-FM 92.9 were separated from Radiorama and flipped to MegaRadio formats, marking MegaRadio's second expansion in Sinaloa in just months after it had previously entered Mazatlán. As a result, XHWS changed from Los 40 to Switch FM, keeping a pop format.

This lasted until June 2017, when the Audiorama La Bestia Grupera format was instituted. In mid-2017, XHWS was sold by Radiorama to RSN, making it sister to XHESA-FM 101.7. However, XHWS continues to carry the La Bestia Grupera format and was also the Culiacán affiliate for the national afternoon newscast hosted by Javier Alatorre, which was syndicated by Grupo Comunicación Integral de México, a company affiliated with Audiorama.