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. It is owned by Grupo Radio Digital and carries a pop format known as Soy FM.

History

XHTD received its concession on September 27, 1979. It was owned by Octavio Tena Álvarez del Castillo. It was sold to Frecuencia Modulada de Coatzacoalcos, S.A. de C.V. on May 15, 1986 and became part of Grupo FM. Originally broadcasting pop music in Spanish and English under the name "Más FM". XHTD changed to Vox FM brand, the name used on

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in Mexico City in 1999. In 2004, the station became part of the

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network before was dropped on July 13, 2011. In September, it changed to Mar FM, which played classical music in English used by XHPB-FM in the city of Veracruz. In late 2015, Grupo FM was split into two companies owned by different parts of the same family, Grupo FM and Radio Networks; RN owned the latter station along with XHFTI-FM in Cordoba and

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in the city of Veracruz. XHTD adopted the grupera-tropical format known as Más Latina, used by those stations. In April 2016, XHTD sold to Grupo Radio Digital for 71 million pesos (some US$4 million). The station flipped to

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national format, and the concessionaire changed to Impulsora de Radio del Sureste, S.A., which holds the concession for Grupo Radio Digital's XHONC-FM in Tuxtla Gutierrez. Most of GRD's stations dropped their

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franchised brands on May 1, 2021. XHTD adopted the current name and format.

References

External links

Soy 101.7 Facebook
Radio stations in Veracruz Radio stations established in 1979 {{Veracruz-radio-station-stub