XEHC-AM

XEHC-AM
Broadcast area
San Diego–Tijuana
Frequency1470 kHz
BrandingRadio Bahía
Programming
FormatNews/talk and Music
Ownership
Owner
  • Grupo Uniradio
  • (Broadcasting Baja California, S.A. de C.V.[1])
OperatorRadio Cadena Enciso
XEXX-AM
History
First air date
1943
Former call signs
XEAU-AM, XEBBC-AM, XERCN-AM (–2025)
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRT
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts day
  • 5,000 watts night
Links
Websitewww.rceradio.net

XEHC-AM (1470 kHz) is a radio station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The station is operated by Radio Cadena Enciso and known as Radio Bahía, which along with the call sign is a reference to the former XEHC-AM in Ensenada.

History

XEAU-AM 1470 received its first concession in 1943. It soon after affiliated to the Radio Cadena Nacional network, based at 1110 AM in Mexico City, which then bore the XERCN call sign. Radio Cadena Nacional was owned by Rafael Cutberto Navarro (who also created the Kaliman radio drama),[2] and thus the callsign both represented the network and his own name.

When Broadcasting Baja California bought the station sometime in the 1950s or early 1960s, the station became XEBBC-AM and then, after the Mexico City station was sold and its callsign changed, XERCN-AM.

Before it became operated by Uniradio, XERCN broadcast a wide variety of programming, from children's programming (La isla infantil de Beto Grillo) to public affairs programming (Política y Políticos), but it was best known for its radionovelas, produced through the network's production arm, Producciones RCN. Many of these radionovelas are still being heard throughout the world to this day. Among the most famous were its productions of "Las aventuras de Kaliman" and the Porfirio Cadena saga. It was also one of the few stations in Mexico that transmitted old episodes of the Cuban radio comedy "La tremenda corte."

On December 17, 2025, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission approved a call sign change for this station to XEHC-AM.[3]

References

  1. ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-09. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. ^ "From La Familia Burrón to the Capulinita: comics that made time in Mexico". infobae. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  3. ^ "#100935 Modificación del Título de Concesión" (PDF) (in Spanish). Telecommunications Regulatory Commission. December 17, 2025.