XHPTOM was awarded in the IFT-4 radioauction of 2017 on a rebound after the initial winning bidder, La Mera en Playa, failed to pay the winning 42 million pesobid for this frequency. The winning bid by a consortium of Carlos de JesúsAguirre Gómez and CJAguirre Nacional, S.A.P.I. de C.V., was 11.5 million pesos.