XHGZ-FM (Durango)
XHGZ-FM is a radio station in Gómez Palacio, Durango on 99.5 FM. It is owned by Radiorama and operated by GPS Media as El Viejón with a grupera format.
| City | Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Comarca Lagunera |
| Frequency | 99.5 FM |
| Branding | El Viejón |
| Programming | |
| Format | Grupera |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radiorama (Organización Radiofónica Mexicana) (Radiodifusora XEGZ-AM, S.A. de C.V.) |
| Operator | GPS Media |
| History | |
First air date | 1957 (as XEGZ-AM) |
Call sign meaning | GómeZ Palacio |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 25 kW[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 25°34′00″N 103°28′00″W |
History
XHGZ began in 1957 as XEGZ-AM 790, licensed to Ciudad Lerdo and owned by Alejandro Stevenson. Formats over the years included La Pantera, Radio 790 and Rockola 790.[2]
The station received permission to migrate to FM in 2011. On AM, Radiorama placed some of its own formats on 790, such as W Radio and Colorín ColorRadio; when the station migrated, it took on the Milenio Radio format of news-talk programming.
In March 2018, XHGZ converted to La Lupe, a new grupera classic hits format from Multimedios.
In 2019, Multimedios Radio took control of the FM station of the Grupo Radio Centro Torreón cluster; La Lupe moved to the 99.9 frequency. After a simulcast, Radiorama returned to operating XHGZ-FM as Regional Mexican "La Poderosa". A further change in the cluster saw GPS Media's El Viejón, previously at 101.1 MHz, move down to 99.5 in August 2020.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-09-11. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Ceballos Azpe, Juan (2013-02-15). "Breve historia de la radio". Noticieros GREM. Retrieved 2015-10-31.