XHQOO-FM 90.7 is a radio station in Cancún, Quintana Roo. It is owned by

Grupo Imagen Grupo Imagen is a Mexican media conglomerate, part of Grupo Empresarial Ángeles. History Grupo Imagen traces its roots to the foundation of XEDA-AM in June 1936. This station was acquired by José Luis Fernández Soto in 1962, and in the same y ...

and carries its Imagen Radio news/talk format.

History

XEQOO-AM 1050 received its first concession on November 10, 1988. It was originally located in

Cozumel Cozumel (; yua, Kùutsmil) is an island and municipality in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is separated from the mainland by the Cozumel Channel and is close to the Yucatán ...

and owned by Comunicación Popular del Caribe, S.A. de C.V. In 1994, it became an FM combo; in the early 2000s, the AM-FM stations moved to Cancún with an AM transmitter at

Puerto Morelos Puerto Morelos () is a town and seaport in Quintana Roo, Mexico's easternmost state, on the Yucatán Peninsula. The town is located in the northeast of the state, about south of the resort city of Cancún, and about north of the city of Playa de ...

(the FM transmitter is and remains in Cancún itself). From 1995 to 2004, XEQOO/XHQOO was known as Radio Pirata with a rock format. At times, it dominated the local radio ratings, with a 40% share compared to just eight percent for its next closest competitor. In 2004, Comunicación Popular del Caribe sold to Grupo Imagen, which flipped the station from rock-formatted Radio Pirata to its talk format (though it eventually picked up RMX part-time). The programmers behind Radio Pirata would later go on to found the Pirata FM network of permit stations, including

XHCQR-FM XHCQR-FM is a noncommercial radio station in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Broadcasting on 99.3 FM, XHCQR is owned by Gaia FM, A.C. History The permit for XHCQR was awarded on January 11, 2012, to Gaia FM, A.C., along with additional permits f ...

99.3. Grupo Imagen surrendered the 1050 AM frequency, which last broadcast with 35,000 watts day and 2,500 night, to the

Federal Telecommunications Institute The Federal Telecommunications Institute ( Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL) is an independent government agency of Mexico charged with the regulation of telecommunicat ...

in a letter dated January 23, 2018.RPC: #024090 Surrender of AM Frequency - XHQOO-FM
/ref> Prior to the closure of RMX in June 2019, XHQOO broadcast selected RMX programs in evening hours.

References

Radio stations in Quintana Roo Radio stations established in 1988 Grupo Imagen {{Quintana Roo-radio-station-stub