XHRTO-FM is a noncommercial radio station on
100.5 FM in
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo
Felipe Carrillo Puerto is the municipal seat and largest city in Felipe Carrillo Puerto Municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 25,744 persons, mostly of Maya descent. , in
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. It is known as La Estrella Maya Que Habla and owned by Sebastián Uc Yam, the ex-mayor of Felipe Carrillo Puerto. It is co-owned, but currently not commonly operated, with
XHECPQ-FM 102.1.
History
XHRTO was permitted on March 22, 2000, and originally operated as a "combo" FM for
XECPQ-AM 720. XHYAM joined the family in 2013 but took more than two years to get to air.
In October 2013, a grenade attack forced XHECPQ-XHRTO off air. The stations were destroyed and later rebuilt.
In 2013, the station was being operated by the Navarro brothers from Chetumal.
In November 2014, La Estrella Maya Que Habla ceased carriage of the Primera Edición morning newscast from
MVS Radio
MVS Radio are a group of four international Spanish-language radio networks owned by the mass media conglomerate MVS Comunicaciones. The group of radio networks consists of Exa FM, La Mejor FM, Globo and MVS Noticias and are broadcast in a variou ...
, featuring
Carmen Aristegui
María del Carmen Aristegui Flores (; born January 18, 1964) is a Mexican journalist and news anchor. She is widely regarded as one of Mexico's leading journalists and opinion leaders, and is best known for her critical investigations of the Mex ...
, five months before MVS removed Aristegui from the program.
In November 2018, XHECPQ broke from the simulcast with XHRTO and XHYAM and became a separately programmed station under another commercial operator. 102.1 had previously been operated by the Navarro brothers from Chetumal as a commercial station in 2013.
References
Radio stations in Quintana Roo
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