XESTN-AM ( 1540 AM, "Universal") is a Spanish-language radio station in

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. 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. 1540 AM is a United States

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frequency.

History

The first concession for XESTN was awarded on November 29, 1988, to Jesús D. González González of

Grupo Multimedios Grupo Firmas Globales (Legally registered as Multimedios S.A. de C.V.) is a Mexican media conglomerate with holdings in broadcast television, radio, publishing and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Monterrey. History Multimedios w ...

. The station was originally daytime-only and licensed to Santa Catarina.Current XESTN concession
/ref> It was transferred in 2000 to Radio Red, S.A. de C.V., though Radio Red programs had been airing on XESTN since at least 1994. In 2009, the station increased its daytime power to 5,000 watts. 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", XESTN and XEDKR-AM Guadalajara 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

and all the talk programming moved back to

, which took the same "La Octava", XEDKR-AM and XESTN-AM Monterrey began simulcasting that station.

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* 1988 establishments in Mexico Adult hits radio stations Grupo Radio Centro Radio stations established in 1988 Radio stations in Monterrey Spanish-language radio stations {{Nuevo León-radio-station-stub