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{{short description|Radio station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico}}
{{Infobox Radio Station |
{{Infobox radio station
name = XHLTN-FM |
| name = XHLTN-FM
image = [[Image:XLTN1045.gif]]|
| logo = XHLTN 104.5 Radio Latina.png
area = [[Tijuana, Baja California]], [[San Diego, California]]|
| city = [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
branding = ''"Radio Latina"''|
| country = MX
slogan = ''"Siempre Contigo"''|
airdate = [[1975]]|
| area = [[San Diego–Tijuana]]
| branding = Radio Latina
frequency = 104.5 ([[Megahertz|MHz]]) |
| airdate = December 1971
format = [[Adult Contemporary|Spanish AC]] |
| frequency = {{frequency|104.5|MHz}} {{HD Radio}}
erp = 57,300 [[watt]]s |
class = B |
| subchannels =
| format = [[Latin pop|Spanish AC]]
owner = Califormula Broadcasting <br>''(license and transmitter owned by a Mexican company)''|
| language =
webcast = [http://148.240.229.64/latina/audio.ram Listen Live] |
| erp = 57,295 [[Watt]]s<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/43385_191011124237_695.pdf RPC: #037883 Transmitter Relocation — XHLTN-FM]</ref>
website = [http://www.1045radiolatina.com/ www.1045radiolatina.com/] |
| haat = {{convert|132.2|meters}}
callsign_meaning = |
| coordinates = {{coord|32|30|27|N|117|02|16|W}}
| sister_stations = XHCTTI-TDT ([[Imagen Televisión]])
| former_callsigns = XHERS-FM (December 10, 1970–February 17, 1984)
| former_frequencies = 100.1 MHz
| class = B
| owner = [[Grupo Imagen]]
| licensee = GIM Televisión Nacional, S.A. de C.V.<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/33094_211117031955_6980.pdf RPC: #54743 Concessionaire Change by Corporate Reorganization — 8 Imagen Stations]</ref>
| webcast = [http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?CALLSIGN=XLTNFM Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|http://www.1045radiolatina.com/}}
| callsign_meaning = From Branding "Radio Latina"
}}
}}
'''XHLTN-FM''' (known on-air as '''XLTN''') is a commercial [[Adult Contemporary|Spanish AC]] radio station in [[Tijuana|Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico]] broadcasting on 104.5 MHz.
'''XHLTN-FM''' is a commercial [[radio station]] in [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]], [[Mexico]], broadcasting on [[104.5 FM]]. It is owned by [[Grupo Imagen]] and carries its Radio Latina format. The station came on air in 1970.

==History==
Joaquín Vargas Gómez, founder of [[MVS Radio]], received the concession for '''XHOK-FM''' in December 1970. However, Vargas Gómez did not put the station on air. It would not be until December 1971 that the station signed on. It had been rebadged '''XHERS-FM''' and was operated by Paul Schafer's Time Sales Inc. from the United States. Time Sales, which also held the operating rights to [[XHITZ-FM|XHIS-FM]] 90.3, ran the two stations as a cluster: XHIS "HIS Radio" and XHERS "HERS Radio". The stations' programming was produced at the Time Sales studios, at the Royal Inn at the Wharf in San Diego. While HIS Radio carried a hard-edge progressive rock format, HERS was programmed with softer rock.

Not long after signing on, the Time Sales cluster began running into various legal problems. The confluence of a new bilateral radio agreement which would regulate border radio (and required XHERS to move to 104.5), San Diego broadcasters who did not like the competition of Mexican stations targeting the US, and a US Federal Communications Commission investigation did the cluster in. In August 1974, the FCC ruled that Schafer and Time Sales violated the [[Brinkley Act]] with their operation; the resulting legal action bankrupted Schafer. XHERS was listed in publications in this period as having a "soul music" format.

By 1979, Vargas Gómez, who never incorporated XHERS into the MVS Radio operation, sold the station to XHERS, S.A., a concessionaire owned and operated by Califórmula Broadcasting and the owner of XHIS. In 1981, XHERS was broadcasting a beautiful music format when the Califórmula cluster was hit by a strike called by STIRT, the Mexican broadcast workers' union, over a program critical of the Governor of Baja California. The strike forced Díaz to sell to [[Grupo Radio Centro|Organización Radio Centro]] and its head, Francisco Aguirre, which brought an end to the action after two months. Two years later, Díaz bought back the stations and relaunched them with new formats and callsigns. The callsign was changed to '''XHLTN-FM''' in February 1984, coinciding with the change to the Radio Latina name and format.

In 1993, two workers died on the XHLTN tower. They were installing a large piece of transmission equipment, to which they were harnessed, when a cable gave way and the workers fell to their deaths.<ref>Gregory Gross, "Two fall to their deaths at Tijuana radio tower", ''San Diego Union-Tribune'' 28 January 1993</ref>

XHLTN was acquired by [[Grupo Imagen]] in 2004.


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.1045radiolatina.com/ Official website]
* {{Official website|http://www.1045radiolatina.com/}}
*[http://www.well.com/user/dmsml/xlnc/xhbj XHBJ-TV / XHLTN-FM tower pics, from broadcast engineer Donald Mussell] (this is no longer the current tower site)
*[http://www.radiolatina.com/ Radio Latina Internacional]

*[http://www.well.com/user/dmsml/xlnc/xhbj XHBJ-TV / XHLTN-FM tower pics, from broadcast engineer Donald Mussell]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tijuana Radio}}


[[Category:Radio stations in Mexico]]
[[Category:1971 establishments in Mexico]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1971]]
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[[Category:Radio stations in Tijuana]]
{{San Diego FM}}
[[Category:Spanish-language radio stations]]
[[Category:Grupo Imagen]]

Latest revision as of 23:05, 6 September 2024

XHLTN-FM
Broadcast areaSan Diego–Tijuana
Frequency104.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingRadio Latina
Programming
FormatSpanish AC
Ownership
Owner
XHCTTI-TDT (Imagen Televisión)
History
First air date
December 1971
Former call signs
XHERS-FM (December 10, 1970–February 17, 1984)
Former frequencies
100.1 MHz
Call sign meaning
From Branding "Radio Latina"
Technical information
ClassB
ERP57,295 Watts[2]
HAAT132.2 meters (434 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°30′27″N 117°02′16″W / 32.50750°N 117.03778°W / 32.50750; -117.03778
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.1045radiolatina.com

XHLTN-FM is a commercial radio station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, broadcasting on 104.5 FM. It is owned by Grupo Imagen and carries its Radio Latina format. The station came on air in 1970.

History

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Joaquín Vargas Gómez, founder of MVS Radio, received the concession for XHOK-FM in December 1970. However, Vargas Gómez did not put the station on air. It would not be until December 1971 that the station signed on. It had been rebadged XHERS-FM and was operated by Paul Schafer's Time Sales Inc. from the United States. Time Sales, which also held the operating rights to XHIS-FM 90.3, ran the two stations as a cluster: XHIS "HIS Radio" and XHERS "HERS Radio". The stations' programming was produced at the Time Sales studios, at the Royal Inn at the Wharf in San Diego. While HIS Radio carried a hard-edge progressive rock format, HERS was programmed with softer rock.

Not long after signing on, the Time Sales cluster began running into various legal problems. The confluence of a new bilateral radio agreement which would regulate border radio (and required XHERS to move to 104.5), San Diego broadcasters who did not like the competition of Mexican stations targeting the US, and a US Federal Communications Commission investigation did the cluster in. In August 1974, the FCC ruled that Schafer and Time Sales violated the Brinkley Act with their operation; the resulting legal action bankrupted Schafer. XHERS was listed in publications in this period as having a "soul music" format.

By 1979, Vargas Gómez, who never incorporated XHERS into the MVS Radio operation, sold the station to XHERS, S.A., a concessionaire owned and operated by Califórmula Broadcasting and the owner of XHIS. In 1981, XHERS was broadcasting a beautiful music format when the Califórmula cluster was hit by a strike called by STIRT, the Mexican broadcast workers' union, over a program critical of the Governor of Baja California. The strike forced Díaz to sell to Organización Radio Centro and its head, Francisco Aguirre, which brought an end to the action after two months. Two years later, Díaz bought back the stations and relaunched them with new formats and callsigns. The callsign was changed to XHLTN-FM in February 1984, coinciding with the change to the Radio Latina name and format.

In 1993, two workers died on the XHLTN tower. They were installing a large piece of transmission equipment, to which they were harnessed, when a cable gave way and the workers fell to their deaths.[3]

XHLTN was acquired by Grupo Imagen in 2004.

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References

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  1. ^ RPC: #54743 Concessionaire Change by Corporate Reorganization — 8 Imagen Stations
  2. ^ RPC: #037883 Transmitter Relocation — XHLTN-FM
  3. ^ Gregory Gross, "Two fall to their deaths at Tijuana radio tower", San Diego Union-Tribune 28 January 1993