XHDN-FM is a radio station on 101.1 FM in

Gómez Palacio, Durango Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, adjacent to the border of the state of Coahuila. The city is named in honor of former Durango governor, Francisco Gómez Palacio y Bravo. As of 2010, the ...

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. The station is owned by

Grupo Radiorama Grupo Radiorama is the largest owner and operator of radio stations in Mexico. Founded in 1970, the company operated nearly 400 radio stations in 2014. History Radiorama was founded on December 9, 1970, by Javier Pérez de Anda and Adrián Pered ...

, operated by GPS Media and known as Wow.

History

XHDN began as XEDN-AM. Its concession was awarded on November 21, 1942, and it broadcast on 600 kHz. It originally was owned by José Bertiz, but it soon became part of

Radio Programas de México Radio Programas de México (RPM) was a radio company of Mexico, founded by Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta and Clemente Serna Martínez in 1941. It was a pioneer in the expansion of Mexican radio, particularly in the creation of radio networks. RPM, ...

. In 1958, Luis de la Rosa took ownership of the station; de la Rosa had been the first president of the Mexican Association of Radio Stations, the predecessor to CIRT, in 1937. In 1970,

Grupo ACIR Grupo ACIR is a Mexican media company specializing in the operation of radio stations. It was established in 1965. ACIR is an acronym for ''Asociación de Concesionarios Independientes de Radio'' (Association of Independent Radio Concessionaires). ...

acquired XEDN, and in 1982 it became part of Radiorama. XEDN migrated in 2011 to FM on 101.1 MHz. In 2020, GPS Media was born, assuming control of several stations, including XHDN-FM. XHDN retained its format and rebranded as El Viejón. A further change in the cluster saw Éxtasis Digital, which had relaunched at

XHERS-FM XHERS-FM is a radio station on 104.3 FM in Gómez Palacio, Durango. The station is owned by Radiorama and is an affiliate and operated of the El Heraldo Radio news/talk network. History XHERS began as XERS-AM 1380, with a concession awarded to ...

104.3, move to 101.1 in August; El Viejón began broadcasting on XHGZ-FM 99.5. The Éxtasis Digital name was dropped in February 2021 and the station rebranded as "Wow".

References

Radio stations in Durango Radio stations in the Comarca Lagunera {{Durango-radio-station-stub