XHIM-FM (105.1 MHz) is a radio station serving the border towns of

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, Mexico (its city of license) and

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, U.S. It is owned by

Grupo Radiorama Grupo Radiorama is the largest owner and operator of radio stations in Mexico. Founded in 1970, the company operated nearly 400 radio stations in 2014. History Radiorama was founded on December 9, 1970, by Javier Pérez de Anda and Adrián Pered ...

and known as Studio 105.1 with an English and Spanish

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 198 ...

format.

History

XHIM received its concession on December 16, 1975. It was owned by Sergio Islas Morales. Radiorama bought the station in 1996. At some point, operation of the station was transferred to

Grupo Radio México Grupo Radio México was a Mexican owner of radio stations that operated from 1973 to 2015. In 2015, it was absorbed into Grupo Radio Centro, which owns most of GRM's former stations. History Grupo Radio México was founded by Francisco Aguirre Góm ...

, which became Grupo Radio Centro in 2016. From 2010 until 2014, XHIM was known as "Rock 105" with English alternative rock, which in August 2014 was replaced by the adult album alternative format in English "Universal 105.1", using the logo and brand name of corporate cousin XHFO-FM from Mexico City. However, in November 2015, GRM returned operation of the station to Radiorama, which promptly installed its own "@FM" format on the station. The Universal 105.1 site remained active with a commercial-free stream of the station, which in 2019 was replaced by web format "Classic Rock Universal". On May 8, 2018, Grupo Radio Centro and Radiorama swapped the frequencies of their pop stations in Juárez, with Planeta moving from 99.1 to 105.1 and @FM moving from 105.1 to 99.1. The swap was undone on June 15, 2019, with Planeta returning to 99.1 and Madre, a grupera format started on XHEPR just the month before, relocating to XHIM. The swap was reversed again in May 2021, leading to XHIM-FM adopting the English- and Spanish-language classic hits programming that had been on 99.1.

References

Radio stations in Chihuahua Mass media in Ciudad Juárez Radio stations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Mexico {{Chihuahua-radio-station-stub