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XHFAJ-FM
XHFAJ-FM (91.3 FM) is a Mexican radio station in Mexico City. The station is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and carries a contemporary hit radio format known as Alfa 91.3. XHFAJ-FM broadcasts in HD.http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico The transmitter is located atop a tower in La Mesa/Villa Alpina site at the outskirts west of Mexico City. History The station began broadcasting in 1968, as ''Radio Sinfonía de México'' airing classical music. In 1973, it was sold to the concessionaire of XEQK-AM and began simulcasting that station. After being sold again to Radio Programas de México, the station was relaunched on September 13, 1986, with its current name, airing then-current music in English. Alfa 91.3 was created by Clemente Serna Barrera of Radio Programas de México (RPM). Its forerunners included Martha Debayle, Rocío BarbabosaEdward "Fast Eddie" Muller Eduardo Vallarta, Claudia Arellano, and Luisa Carrandi. In April 1990, Alfa 91.3 was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XERED-AM
XERED-AM (1110 Hertz, kHz) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Mexico City. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and it airs a talk radio radio format, format including news and sports, known as Radio Red. Late nights and weekends, it plays contemporary hit radio, contemporary hits in English. XERED-AM is powered at 50,000 watts. AM 1110 is a United States clear-channel station, clear-channel frequency reserved for list of broadcast station classes#AM, Class A stations KFAB Omaha and WBT (AM), WBT Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. But XERED is far enough away to avoid causing interference to those stations. Its transmitter is off Avenida Canal de Garay, south of downtown Mexico City. History XEFO and XERCN The concession history for XERED-AM begins with XEFO, a radio station launched on .Enrique E. Sánchez Ruiz, "Orígenes de la radiodifusión en México". Guadalajara: ITESO, 1984 It originally broadcast on 940 kHz as the radio station of the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XHRED-FM
XHRED-FM is a radio station on 88.1 FM in Mexico City. XHRED-FM is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and broadcasts a combined format of news/talk and English classic hits known as ''Universal'' (formerly ''Universal Stereo'', the format's name between 1991 and 2014). XHRED-FM also broadcasts via the HD Radio over-the-air broadcast service for compatible home and car stereos. The transmitter is located atop a tower in La Mesa/Villa Alpina site at the outskirts west of Mexico City. History Radio Red Radio Central de México, S.A., the operator and concessionaire of XERED-AM, first received a concession to operate an FM radio station in Mexico City in 1972. XHRED-FM then launched in 1976 picking up a format previously heard on XEINFO-AM, 1560 AM: "Radio VIP" with a mix of programming and music primarily in English. Further, in the 1980s, Spanish-language newscasts were added with the title ''Monitor'', airing simultaneously with sister station XERED-AM. For some time in the early 1990s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Programas De México
Radio Programas de México (RPM) was a radio company of Mexico, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Clemente Serna Martínez in 1941. It was a pioneer in the expansion of Mexican radio, particularly in the creation of radio networks. RPM, known in its final years as Radiodifusión Red, was sold to Grupo Radio Centro in 1994. History RPM began operations on May 31, 1941, a joint venture of Monterrey broadcaster Clemente Serna Martínez, and Azcárraga, who already owned two of Mexico's most popular radio stations: XEW-AM, XEW and XEQ-AM, XEQ. It was the first company to specialize in selling radio programs recorded on vinyl and magnetic tape.Fernando Mejía BarqueraHistoria mínima de la radio en México/ref> The business model of RPM was incredibly lucrative; it sold the best XEW and XEQ radio programs to stations throughout interior Mexico, offering these small stations programs they could not produce themselves as well as access to national advertising accounts and the ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEN-AM
XEN-AM (branded as El Fonógrafo) is a commercial radio, commercial radio station in Mexico City. It airs a Spanish-language adult hits format on 690 Hertz, kHz. The station is owned by Grupo Radio Centro. XEN broadcasts with 100,000 watts by day. But to avoid interfering with other stations on AM 690, it reduces power at night to 5,000 watts. The transmitter is in the San Miguel Teotongo neighborhood in Mexico City. 690 AM is a Mexican and Canadian clear-channel frequency; CKGM and XEWW-AM, XEWW share list of broadcast station classes#AM, Class A status of this frequency. History Early years XEN-AM started as CYS, on 710 kHz. The station was owned by General Electric Mexico from 1925 to 1930. For most of 1930, from February 5 to the end of the year, the station, by then known as "Radio Mundial XEN" and bearing its current call sign, offered something never before provided on radio: a constant all news radio service. Radio Noticias was owned by , a journalist who acqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEQK-AM
XEQK-AM is a radio station in Mexico City, Mexico. Broadcasting on 1350 AM, XEQK-AM is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a citizen-sourced talk and music format under the brand name Radio Ciudadana. History Origins The concession for XEQK was obtained in 1938 by Ángel H. Ferreira, and the station signed on the next year on 1500 kHz, operating 13 hours a day. In its early days, XEQK offered a wide variety of programs: news reports from the ''El Nacional'' and ''La Prensa'' newspapers, radio plays, live musical programming and radio magazines. Medical advertisers were common during this time as well. "La Hora Exacta" Not long after signing on, in 1940, the station hit tough economic times. Ferreira found a way to make the station workable: transmit the time every minute on the minute, interspersed with commercial announcements, from 8am to noon each day. The exact time came from the National Astronomical Observatory, then located in Tacubaya. In an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XERC-AM
XERC-AM is a radio station based in Mexico City on 790 kHz, currently silent. The station is owned by Grupo Radio Centro. History In 1946, Francisco Aguirre Jiménez created XERC-AM under the concessionaire ''Radio Popular de México'', and originally being branded as "Radio Continental". This station would serve as the base for what would become Grupo Radio Centro, as "Radio Éxitos 790" and sister to 1030 AM XEQR-AM, known as "Radio Centro 1030". In the 1960s it became "La Campeona 7-90", a subname/slogan of "Radio Éxitos", a pioneer in broadcasting Spanish-language rock, but mostly airing then-current music in English from all genres. Its famed ''Beatles Club'' program, which began in 1964, remained on the station for 25 years and later moved to FM on "Universal" (XEQR-FM until December 4, 1998, XHFO-FM until May 13, 2016, XHRED-FM until October 30, 2019 and since June 1, 2020, and XERC-FM between October 31, 2019 and May 29, 2020), where it still airs to this day. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEQR-AM
XEQR-AM (branded as Radio Centro 1030) is a radio station based in Mexico City. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro, broadcasting an oldies and adult standards format in Spanish. History XEFO-AM signed on January 1, 1931, as the radio station of the National Revolutionary Party (later the PRI). In 1941, the PRN sold the station to Francisco Aguirre Jiménez. From 1030 AM he would build a broadcasting empire initially known as "Cadena Radio Continental", starting with XERC-AM in 1946 and growing into today's Grupo Radio Centro. That same year, the station took on the name "Radio Centro", branding as "the station of the Mexican family" and positioned itself as a general station similar to XEW-AM; while airing musical programming for most of its existence, in the 1980s, information and entertainment programs were added, and by 1998 non-talk programming had disappeared. Newscasts and sport programs were also present, but were later moved to Radio Red AM and Radio Red FM. In its fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEQR-FM
XEQR-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Located on 107.3 MHz, XEQR-FM is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and carries a grupera format as "La Z". XEQR-FM broadcasts in HD and carries two subchannels, known as La Z on HD1 and Radio Centro XEQR-AM XEQR-AM (branded as Radio Centro 1030) is a radio station based in Mexico City. It is owned by Grupo Radio Centro, broadcasting an oldies and adult standards format in Spanish. History XEFO-AM signed on January 1, 1931, as the radio station of ... on its HD2 signal. The transmitter is located atop a tower in La Mesa/Villa Alpina site at the outskirts west of Mexico City. XEQR-FM was Mexico's top-rated radio station from 1999 to 2017. History XEQR took to the air in 1974 — more than 10 years after receiving its concession on December 3, 1963 — with the name "Radio Universal" and a format of music in English from the 1950s and 1960s. In 1991, it became known as "Universal Stereo 107.3 FM" and picked up the long-running "El Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XEJP-FM
XEJP-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Located on 93.7 MHz, XEJP-FM is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and broadcasts contemporary music in Spanish from the 1980s to the present as "Joya 93.7". XEJP-FM broadcasts in HD. The transmitter is located atop a tower in La Mesa/Villa Alpina site at the outskirts west of Mexico City. History XEJP traces its lineage to the first FM radio station in Mexico. In April 1947, the ''Diario Oficial de la Federación'' ran an advisory asking for comments on the proposed award of a station on 94.1 MHz to Federico Obregón Cruces, and while said authorization was given on November 28, 1948, it was not until December 30, 1952 that the concession was awarded and the first FM station in Mexico came to air. "XHFM" broadcast with 3,000 watts and would be alone on the band until the sign-on of XEOY-FM in 1955. The story of Radio Joya, as XHFM was known, was cut short on July 28, 1957, when an earthquake led to the total destruction of its stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grupo Radio Centro
Grupo Radio Centro is a Mexico City-based owner and operator of radio stations. It owns 30 radio stations in Mexico and the United States, including 8 radio stations in Mexico City. History Radio Centro's origins date to 1946, when Francisco Aguirre Jiménez formed the Cadena Radio Continental to operate XEQR-AM 1030 and new station XERC-AM 790 in Mexico City. Organización Radio Centro was formed in 1952, and the current company was founded in 1971. In 1965, it founded OIR (Organización Impulsora de la Radio), which syndicates Radio Centro's formats to stations across Mexico. Its non-Mexico City business extended further in the 1980s, when Radio Centro began selling its formats outside the United States (in 1983) and created Cadena Radio Centro (in 1986) to manage this portion of its operations. Meanwhile, in Mexico City, it had expanded to five AM stations and three new FM outlets. Radio Centro was the second media company to place its FM towers on Cerro del Chiquihuite, to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal—along with Slayer, Anthrax (American band), Anthrax, and Metallica—and is credited with helping to develop and popularize the genre. Their music features intricate arrangements, fast rhythm sections, dual lead guitars, and lyrical themes such as war, politics, religion, death, and personal relationships. In 1985, Megadeth released their debut album, ''Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!'', on the independent record label Combat Records, to moderate success. It caught the attention of bigger labels, which led to Megadeth signing with Capitol Records. Their first major-label album, ''Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'', was released in 1986 and was a major hit with the underground metal scene. Band members' substance abuse issues a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of List of best-selling music artists, the most successful composers and performers in history, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range and eclecticism in music, musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from traditional pop, pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His Lennon–McCartney, songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history. Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
