Grupo Radio México was a Mexican owner of radio stations that operated from 1973 to 2015. In 2015, it was absorbed into

Grupo Radio Centro Grupo Radio Centro is a Mexico City-based owner and operator of radio stations. It owns 30 radio stations in Mexico and the United States, including 8 radio stations in Mexico City. History Radio Centro's origins date to 1946, when Francisco Agu ...

, which owns most of GRM's former stations.

History

Grupo Radio México was founded by Francisco Aguirre Gómez, son of

founder Francisco Aguirre Jiménez, in 1973. Its first radio station was XHSP-FM 99.7 in

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

. The group came to air 51 stations in 13 media markets, though it owned no stations in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, where GRC owns 12. GRM owned 18 "La Z" regional Mexican stations and syndicated the format to GRC for its Mexico City station. The other large GRM-exclusive format is "Planeta", with 10 stations. In 2015, given the financial difficulties facing Radio Centro after its failed bid to start a television network, plans were floated that would merge Grupo Radio México with Grupo Radio Centro. Seeking to limit costs after the television concession fiasco, in June 2015, shareholders approved a merger of Radio Centro with Controladora Radio México and GRM Radiodifusión, two components of Grupo Radio México. The merger added 30 radio stations that belonged to Grupo Radio México to Grupo Radio Centro's portfolio and marked its first major expansion outside of Mexico City. GRC did not absorb some of GRM-operated stations in Juárez, or its stations in Mexicali and Los Mochis, whose control passed to its stations' licensee Radiorama.

References

External links

Official website
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