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XHCTO-FM

Radio station in Torreón, Coahuila

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
Places and architectureInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ24263881 ↗
Source-derived summary

XHCTO-FM is a radio station on 93.1 FM in Torreón, Coahuila. The station is owned by Multimedios Radio and carries a pop format known as Hits FM.

History

XHCTO received its concession on May 19, 1992. It was owned by Sintonía Fina, S.A. de C.V., and licensed across the state line to Gómez Palacio, Durango. In 2001, the concession was transferred to Multimedios Radio.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “XHCTO-FM” as radio station in Torreón, Coahuila. 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—1992, 2001—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where XHCTO-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 Torreón, Coahuila. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24263881. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1992 and 2001.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. 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 “XHCTO-FM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow XHCTO-FM primary sources, XHCTO-FM archive and XHCTO-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 “XHCTO-FM”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “XHCTO-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.