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.

XHGZ-FM
Broadcast areaComarca Lagunera
Frequency99.5 FM
BrandingEl Viejón
Programming
FormatGrupera
Ownership
Owner
  • Radiorama (Organización Radiofónica Mexicana)
  • (Radiodifusora XEGZ-AM, S.A. de C.V.)
OperatorGPS Media
History
First air date
1957 (as XEGZ-AM)
Call sign meaning
GómeZ Palacio
Technical information
ERP25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates
25°34′00″N 103°28′00″W / 25.56667°N 103.46667°W / 25.56667; -103.46667

History

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Logo used as Milenio Radio Laguna

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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ceballos Azpe, Juan (2013-02-15). "Breve historia de la radio". Noticieros GREM. Retrieved 2015-10-31.