XESTN-AM (

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, "Universal") is a Spanish-language radio station in

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. It relays programming from XHRED-FM 88.1 in Mexico City.

is a United States

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frequency.

History

The first concession for XESTN was awarded on November 29, 1988, to Jesús D. González González of

Grupo Multimedios Grupo Multimedios is a Mexican media conglomerate with holdings in broadcast television, radio, publishing and entertainment. The company is headquartered in Monterrey. History Multimedios was founded in 1940 when Jesús Dionisio González ac ...

. The station was originally daytime-only and licensed to Santa Catarina.Current XESTN concession
/ref> It was transferred in 2000 to

Radio Red ''Radio Red'' is the second album by British singer-songwriter Laura Groves, and her first under her own name. It was released on 11 August 2023 through Bella Union, and features a sole guest appearance by Sampha. The album received positive revie ...

, S.A. de C.V., though Radio Red programs had been airing on XESTN since at least 1994. In 2009, the station increased its daytime power to 5,000 watts. On January 14, 2019, concurrent with a major reshuffling and the relaunch of

XERC-FM XERC-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Located on 97.7 MHz, XERC-FM is owned by MVS Radio and airs its grupera format "La Mejor FM". History Radio Hits and Stereo 97 7 XERC-FM signed on in 1974, more than a decade after receiving its c ...

Mexico City as talk station "Radio Centro 97.7", XESTN and

XEDKR-AM XEDKR-AM (700 AM, "Universal") is a Spanish-language radio station in Guadalajara. It relays programming from XHRED-FM 88.1 in Mexico City. 700 kHz is a United States clear-channel frequency. History The first concession for 700 AM in ...

Guadalajara began simulcasting that station instead of Radio Red. As part of the launch of Radio Centro's TV station,

XHFAMX-TDT XHFAMX-TDT, known as ''Heraldo Televisión'', is a television station in Mexico City broadcasting on virtual channel 8. XHFAMX is owned by Francisco Aguirre Gómez, who until 2019 served as the CEO of Grupo Radio Centro; GRC operated the station ...

, on October 31, 2019, Universal moved to

and all the talk programming moved back to XHRED-FM, which took the same "La Octava",

and XESTN-AM Monterrey began simulcasting that station.

References

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* * 1988 establishments in Mexico Adult hits radio stations Grupo Radio Centro Mass media in Monterrey Radio stations established in 1988 Radio stations in Mexico Radio stations in Monterrey Radio stations in Nuevo León Spanish-language radio stations {{Nuevo León-radio-station-stub