XHPNK-FM

XHPNK-FM is a radio station on 103.5 FM in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and is known as Radio Variedades with a romantic format.

XHPNK-FM

Los Mochis, Sinaloa Mexico
Frequency	103.5 FM
Branding	Radio Variedades
Programming
Format	Romantic
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Radio Centro (Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XHECU-FM, XHCW-FM, XHORF-FM
History
First air date	November 19, 1980 (concession)
Former call signs	XEPNK-AM
Former frequencies	880 kHz
Technical information
ERP	25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates	25°45′40.76″N 109°00′00″W
Links
Webcast	Listen live

History

XEPNK-AM 880 received its concession on November 19, 1980. The 5,000-watt daytimer was owned by Felipe García de León. In the mid-1980s, García de León traded XEPNK to Grupo OIR in exchange for XEOS and XEHX radio in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora.^[2] The concession transferred to Radio y Televisión de Sinaloa in 1993, around which time XEPNK boosted its power to 10,000 watts day and 2,000 night.

In 2011, XEPNK moved to FM as XHPNK-FM 103.5.

In 2016, after Grupo Radio México transferred operational control of the station to Radiorama, XHPNK changed names from La Rancherita to Romántica as part of a frequency shuffle of formats at the cluster. GRC, GRM's successor, resumed operating the stations in February 2019, with XHPNK becoming Radio Variedades, the former name of XHCW-FM 96.5.

On March 10, 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute denied an application for the renewal of XHPNK-FM's concession for failure to pay the final installment of its fee to move to FM.^[3]