XHVQ-FM
{{short description|Radio station in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = XHVQ-FM
| logo =
| city = Culiacán, Sinaloa
| country = MX
| branding = Vibra Radio
| airdate = May 15, 1964 (AM)
June 2012 (FM)
| frequency = 96.9 FM
| format = Regional Mexican
| class = B1
| erp = 25 kWs{{mexico-inf|FM|accessdate=2016-04-26}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = XENP-AM, XENSM-AM, XEVQ-AM
| coordinates = {{coord|24|49|56|N|107|24|17|W}}
| owner = Vibra Radio
| licensee = Radio XHVQ, S. de R.L. de C.V.
| affiliations =
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://sp2.servidorrprivado.com:10859/stream}}
| website = {{URL|1=https://www.vibra.red/|2=vibra.red}}
}}
XHVQ-FM is a radio station on 96.9 FM in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, known as Vibra Radio.
History
XENP-AM 830—also known as XENSM—received its concession on May 15, 1964. It was originally located in Navolato and owned by Salvador Águilar Montenegro, whose family owned several local gas stations,{{Cite news |last=Oropeza |first=Rosario |date=March 24, 2015 |title=XENSM, hoy la VQ, de Navolato a Culiacán |language=es-ES |url=https://www.debate.com.mx/opinion/XENSM-hoy-la-VQ-de-Navolato-a-Culiacan-20150324-0013.html |access-date=January 18, 2021}} operating as a 1,000-watt daytimer. Within several years, the call sign was changed to XEVQ-AM, and station operations moved to Culiacán. By the 1980s, XEVQ was owned by Radio y Televisión del Noroeste and operating with 5,000 watts. In the 2000s, it added 1,000 watts at night.
XEVQ was aproveed to migrated to FM in 2011 as XHVQ-FM 96.9 and came to air in June 2012 and abandoned the "La Grande de Sinaloa" name and format to go using the Amor romantic format.
In June 2021, XHVQ-FM and its sister in Mazatlán, XHMAT-FM 99.5, withdrew from Grupo ACIR, changing to Vibra Radio on June 22, 2021. The stations' parent companies were then sold.
In January 2023, Vibra was the only radio station to not changed from pop to Regional Mexican format, all other Vibra owned stations in the city airs its grupera format until it was adopted in mid 2024.
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Category:Radio stations in Sinaloa
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