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XHEB-FM

Radio station in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ25000730
Source-derived summary

XHEB-FM and XEEB-AM is a radio station in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. Broadcasting on 98.5 FM and 760 AM, XHEB is owned by Uniradio and carries a pop format known as La Zeta.

History

XEEB-AM 1010 received its concession on March 2, 1959. It was owned by Radiofónicas de Sonora, S. de R.L., and broadcast from Esperanza, Sonora. In 1972, it was sold to Radio XEEB, S.A., which marked the start of Grupo ACIR operation of the station and its move into Ciudad Obregón. In the early 2000s, XEEB increased its power by moving to 760 kHz.

Uniradio took control of XEEB in 2010 and moved it to FM, with transmitter facilities on Cerro La Cabana.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “XHEB-FM” as radio station in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1010, 1959, 1972, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where XHEB-FM, Radio and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25000730. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1010, 1959, 1972 and 2010.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “XHEB-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow XHEB-FM primary sources, XHEB-FM archive and XHEB-FM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “XHEB-FM”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from XHEB-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.