XHFO-FM

92.1 Red FM

Broadcast area	Mexico City Metropolitan area - Regional FM
Slogan	La única estación con más música de los 80 (The only station with more 80's music)
Frequency	92.1 MHz
First air date	1979
Format	News and talk; contemporary music in English
ERP	100 kW^[1]
Transmitter coordinates	19°23′40″N 99°10′28″W / 19.3945°N 99.1744°W / 19.3945; -99.1744
Owner	Grupo Siete Comunicación (programmed by Grupo Radio Centro) (Grupo Radial Siete, S.A. de C.V.)
Website	92.1 Red FM

XHFO-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. The station broadcasts news and talk, along with music in English as Red FM. The station is operated by Grupo Radio Centro, under contract with Grupo Siete Comunicación, which owns the station's concession. Its broadcast frequency is 92.1 MHz.

History

XHFO-FM transmits from the World Trade Center Mexico City on this tower

XHFO received its initial concession on November 26, 1964. It was owned by Raymundo Romero Damian.

XHFO signed on in 1979 as "Radio Triunfadora", being renamed to "Crystal FM" in 1982, with a contemporary Spanish music format. In 1993, as grupera music began to gain success, the station was lent to Grupo Radio Centro in exchange for XEEST-AM in a relationship that has been extended for more than 20 years. GRC promptly changed the name and format of XHFO to "Sonido Z" with grupera and regional Mexican music. In 1996 it was renamed "La Z".

On December 7, 1998, a format swap occurred between XHFO and XEQR-FM, with XHFO adopting the English classic hits format "Universal Stereo" that had begun in 1974, whereas "La Z" moved to XEQR. The swap was due to both formats being in close proximity to competitor stations with almost the same formats (XEQ-FM and XHDFM-FM).

On May 16, 2016, XHFO and XHRED 88.1 swapped formats. This time, the swap was due to technical considerations involving the upcoming expiration of GRC's contract to operate XHFO, which is set for November 2016, in order to preserve the continuity of the "Universal" format, which generates more rating and revenue than Red FM.

Format

Red FM's format consists of multiple longform newscasts throughout the day, featuring such hosts as Sergio Sarmiento, Juan Francisco Castañeda and Jesús Martín Mendoza. The newscasts are carried on AM and FM, but an afternoon sports program, a nightly business-oriented program called "Red Empresarial", a Saturday program about cars called "Autoexplora Radio" and blocks of contemporary music in English from the 1980s to the present, hosted by Isabel Angulo, are exclusive to FM. Every year since 2013, the station's musical blocks turn into an all-Christmas music format from late November until Christmas Day (for the 2015 Christmas season, it even launched an online spin-off of 24/7 all-Christmas music). Red FM also airs Sunday night games during the NFL season.

References

↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2014-12-24.

External links

Red FM official website

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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Coordinates: 19°23′40″N 99°10′27″W / 19.3944°N 99.1742°W / 19.3944; -99.1742

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