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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = XHCUL-FM
| logo             =
| city             = [[Culiacán, Sinaloa]] | country = MX
| branding         = La Bella
| network          =
| airdate          = {{start date|2020|11|10}}
| frequency        = {{frequency|104.9|MHz}}
| format           =
| erp              = 3 kW<ref name="rpc058182">{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96838_220429162849_6575.pdf|title=RPC: #058182 Site Change — XHCUL-FM|date=November 9, 2021|access-date=June 29, 2022|author=Federal Telecommunications Institute}}</ref>
| callsign_meaning = "Culiacán"
| class            = A
| haat             = {{cvt|-0.40|meters}}
| coordinates      = {{coord|24|48|35.33|N|107|24|18.56|W}}
| owner            = Capital Media
| licensee         = Fundación Radiodifusoras Capital Jalisco, A.C.
| operator         = Roque Mascareño Chávez
| webcast          =
| website          =
}}
'''XHCUL-FM''' is a noncommercial social radio station broadcasting on [[104.9 FM|104.9 MHz]] in [[Culiacán, Sinaloa]], Mexico. The station is owned by a non-profit foundation associated with Capital Media and carries a Spanish adult hits format known as Lokura FM. The station shares a transmitter site with [[XHNW-FM]] and [[XHFCS-FM]] in Culiacán.{{r|rpc058182}}
==History==
On November 17, 2015, Fundación Radiodifusoras Capital Jalisco, A.C., applied for a new social radio station at Culiacán, which was approved by the [[Federal Telecommunications Institute]] on January 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift31011863.pdf|title=Resolución mediante la cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones otorga a favor de Fundación Radiodifusoras Capital Jalisco, A.C. una concesión para usar y aprovechar bandas de frecuencias del espectro radioeléctrico para la prestación del servicio de radiodifusión sonora en Frecuencia Modulada en Culiacán, Sinaloa, para uso social. |date=January 31, 2018|access-date=November 10, 2020|author=Federal Telecommunications Institute|lang=es}}</ref>
The station signed on and began broadcasting El Heraldo Radio on November 10, 2020,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1326178251346096128 |user=heraldodemexico |date=November 10, 2020 |title=#ElHeraldoRadio | #ElHeraldoCuliacán Atención amigos de Culiacán, Sinaloa, ya pueden escuchar lo mejor de las noticias con @Bren_PenaBello y @ZamaconaAlAire por el 104.9 de FM}}</ref> from its initial transmitter site, co-sited with [[XHGES-FM|Radio Sinaloa]] in the center of Culiacán.<ref name="cto">{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/96838_190919153856_8783.pdf|title=RPC: #037390 Características Técnicas de Operación — XHCUL-FM|date=June 21, 2019|access-date=November 10, 2020|author=Federal Telecommunications Institute}}</ref>
On April 1, 2022, Heraldo Radio dropped eight stations, including XHCUL; Capital then began operating it itself and flipped the station to its Lokura FM Spanish adult hits format.
In June, Roque Mascareño Chávez, owner of [[XHVQ-FM]] 96.9, launched a female talk format known as "La Bella" on XHCUL. The station was announced as part of the first anniversary of Chávez's Vibra Radio group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Limón |first=Angel |date=June 28, 2022 |title=Primer aniversario de Vibra Radio y Los Noticieristas en Sinaloa |language=en |work=Televisoras Grupo Pacífico |url=https://tvpacifico.mx/noticias/279112-primer-aniversario-de-vibra-radio-y-los-noticieristas-en-sinaloa |access-date=2022-06-29}}</ref>
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[[Category:Radio stations in Sinaloa]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in Mexico]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2020]]