XEDKR-AM (700 AM, "Universal") is a Spanish-language

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

Guadalajara Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...

. It relays programming from

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 ...

88.1 in Mexico City. 700 kHz is a United States

clear-channel A clear-channel station is a North American AM broadcasting, AM radio station that has the highest level of protection from Interference (communication), interference from other stations, particularly from nighttime skywave signals. This classifi ...

frequency.

History

The first concession for 700 AM in

Zapopan Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, Zapopan is the largest city in the state. It's best known as the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin ...

was awarded on October 17, 1953, for XEAR-AM and awarded to J. de Jesús Franco Gómez.Original XEDKR concession
/ref> By the 1960s, the station was transferred to Asociación Radiofónica, S.A., and sometime between 1969 and 1974, the callsign was changed to the present XEDKR-AM as a result of its acquisition by Radio Grupo DK (the Guadalajara arm of

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, ...

). It was known as Radio Ambiente in the early 1970s and by the late 1980s had become a direct repeater of Radio Red. It was transferred in 1991 to XEDKR-AM, S.A. de C.V., and sold along with the rest of RPM to

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 Agu ...

in 1995. On January 14, 2019, concurrent with a major reshuffling and the relaunch of

XERC-FM XERC-FM (97.7 FM, 97.7 MHz) is a radio station in Mexico City. XERC-FM is owned by MVS Radio and is the national flagship for its La Mejor Regional Mexican format. XERC-FM broadcasts in HD Radio, HD. The transmitter is located atop a tower i ...

Mexico City as talk station "Radio Centro 97.7", XEDKR and

XESTN-AM XESTN-AM ( 1540 AM, "Universal") is a Spanish-language radio station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It relays programming from XHRED-FM 88.1 in Mexico City. 1540 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. History The first concession ...

Monterrey began simulcasting that station instead of Radio Red. As part of the launch of Radio Centro's TV station, XHFAMX-TDT, on October 31, 2019, Universal moved to XERC-FM and all the talk programming moved back to XHRED, which took the same "La Octava", XEDKR and

Monterrey began simulcasting that station.

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Radio stations in Guadalajara, Jalisco Grupo Radio Centro {{Jalisco-radio-station-stub