XHVT-FM

XHVT-FM

City	Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
Broadcast area	Villahermosa, Tabasco
Branding	XEVT
Frequency	104.1 FM
First air date	August 7, 1954
ERP	25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates	18°02′42″N 92°54′00″W / 18.04500°N 92.90000°W / 18.04500; -92.90000
Callsign meaning	Villahermosa Tabasco
Owner	Jesús Antonio Sibilla Zurita (Jasz Radio, S.A. de C.V.)
Website	www.xevt.com

XHVT-FM is a radio station on 104.1 FM in Villahermosa, Tabasco, known as XEVT (its former AM callsign).

History

XEVT-AM 970 began testing on August 7, 1954, making it the first radio station in Tabasco. It was owned by Aquiles Calderón Marchenas and authorized to broadcast with 5,000 watts during the day and 400 at night. It conducted tests throughout August and early September. The concession was awarded on the 14th of September, and the very next day, XEVT was inaugurated by Governor Manuel Bartlett Bautista.^[2]

Not long after XEVT signed on, political turmoil roiled Tabasco. On March 16, 1955, a group attempted to use XEVT to broadcast messages fomenting unrest in the state. When the radio station's staff said no, they attempted to enter by force. One person died, and much of XEVT's new equipment was destroyed. Broadcasts resumed the next month.^[3]

The station changed hands and names regularly as time went on. Originally known as "La Voz de Tabasco", it soon became "Radio Fiesta", "Súper Variedades" and even for a time Stereorey. In 1978, the XEVT concession was transferred to Radio Sureste, S.A. The 1980s saw the station come under the management of Radio S.A. In 1999, it was sold to the Sibilla family, who relaunched XEVT as a full-service station with news and talk programs.^[4] On July 31, 2000, XEVT's concession transferred to Jasz Radio.

XEVT was approved to migrate to FM on June 4, 2010, becoming XHVT-FM 104.1.

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