XERC-AM

XERC-AM

Broadcast area	Mexico City
Branding	Formato 21
Slogan	La estación de las noticias (The news station)
Frequency	790 kHz 97.7 FM HD2 XERC-FM^[1]
First air date	September 13, 1946
Format	News radio
Power	50,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) (AM)^[2]
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	19°23′49″N 99°6′6″W / 19.39694°N 99.10167°W / 19.39694; -99.10167
Owner	Grupo Radio Centro (XERC, S.A. de C.V.)
Website	http://www.formato21.com.mx/

XERC-AM (branded as Formato 21) is a radio station based in Mexico City and airing an all-news radio format on 790 kHz. The station is owned by Grupo Radio Centro.

History

In 1946, Francisco Aguirre Jiménez created XERC-AM under the concessionaire Radio Popular de México. This station would serve as the base for what would become Grupo Radio Centro, as "Radio Éxitos 790" and sister to 1030 AM XEQR-AM, known as "Radio Centro 1030".

In the 1960s it became "La Campeona 7-90", a subname/slogan of "Radio Éxitos", a pioneer in broadcasting Spanish-language rock, but mostly airing then-current music in English from all genres. Its famed Beatles Club program, which began in 1964, remained on the station for 25 years and later moved to FM on "Universal" (XEQR-FM until 1998, XHFO-FM until 2016 and currently XHRED-FM), where it still airs to this day. It was a strong competitor to Nucleo Radio Mil's XEPH-AM ("La Pantera") and Grupo ACIR's XEL-AM ("Radio Capital") for younger audiences who listened to the latest music in English.

On September 12, 1988, 790 AM was relaunched as "Expresión 7-90", a spoken format. On October 21, 1990, the station flipped to an oldies Spanish music format as "El Fonógrafo" (The Phonograph). In October 2001, XERC and 1150 AM, then XECMQ (now XEJP-AM) switched formats: El Fonógrafo moved up to 1150 AM, and Formato 21, an all-news format consisting of a 21-minute news wheel that originated in 1993 on 1320 AM, moved down to 790.

External links

References

↑ http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

Radio stations in Mexico City

By AM frequency	XEWF 540 XEOC 560 XEPH 590 XENK 620 XEDTL 660 XEN 690 XEMP 710 XEX 730 XEABC 760 XERC 790 XEITE 830 XEUN 860 XEW 900 XEQ 940 XERFR 970 XEOY 1000 XEQR 1030 XEEP 1060 XETUL 1080 XERED 1110 XEJP 1150 XEFR 1180 XEB 1220 XEL 1260 XEDA 1290 XENET 1320 XEQK 1350 XECO 1380 XEBS 1410 XEEST 1440 XEAI 1470 XEDF 1500 XEUR 1530 XEINFO 1560 XEVOZ 1590 XEUACH 1610 XEARZ 1650 XEANAH 1670

By SW frequency	XERTA 4800 XEOI 6010 XEPPM 6185 XEYU 9600

By FM frequency	XHRED 88.1 XHM 88.9 XEOYE 89.7 XEDA 90.5 XHUIA 90.9 XHFAJ 91.3 XHFO 92.1 XEQ 92.9 XEJP 93.7 UAM Radio 94.1 XHIMER 94.5 XHSH 95.3 XHUPC 95.7 XEUN 96.1 XEW 96.9 XERC 97.7 XHDL 98.5 XHPOP 99.3 XHMM 100.1 XHSON 100.9 XEX 101.7 XHMVS 102.5 XERFR 103.3 XEDF 104.1 XHEXA 104.9 XHOF 105.7 XHDFM 106.5 XEQR 107.3 XHIMR 107.9

HD Radio	88.1-1 88.1-2 90.5-1 90.5-2 90.5-3 90.9-1 91.3-1 91.3-2 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 94.5-3 97.7-1 97.7-2 103.3-1 103.3-2 103.3-3 103.3-4 104.1-1 104.1-2 104.1-3 104.1-4 105.7-1 105.7-2 105.7-3 107.3-1 107.3-2 107.9-1 107.9-2 107.9-3

Dark stations/frequencies	XERMX 5985/9705/11770/15430/17765 (Radio México Internacional; now Internet-only) XHFM 94.1

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