W RADIO 88.5 (Villahermosa)

W Radio 88.5 (XHKV-FM 88.5/XEKV-AM 740) is a combo radio station in Villahermosa, Tabasco, carrying the W Radio news/talk format from Radiópolis. It broadcasts from a transmitter facility in Col. Las Gaviotas, on the city's east side. The concession for 740 AM was awarded in March 1971 to Enrique Lodoza Gómez, and the FM station was added in 1994. The station was then known as "Stereo Vida" with a Spanish contemporary format until the launch of the Exa FM pop format in Villahermosa in 2002. In 2012, XEKV/XHKV was sold to Radio Dinámica del Sureste, primarily owned by México Radio, the radio subsidiary of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM). In 2021, NTR acquired the ABC Radio group from OEM. The station continued to broadcast the Exa FM pop format from MVS Radio until April 16, 2023, when NTR's four Exa FM stations left the network. On April 24, 2023, as part of a national alliance between NTR and Radiópolis, 22 NTR-owned stations adopted franchise formats from Radiópolis. With Ke Buena, Vox and Los 40 already represented in Villahermosa, XHKV-XEKV joined the W Radio news/talk network, which had previously been in the city on XEREC-AM 940 and XHVHT-FM 99.1/XEVHT-AM 1270 on Radiorama.