XHGZ-FM is a radio station 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 ...
on 99.5 FM. It is owned by Radiorama and operated by GPS Media as El Viejón with a grupera format.
History
XHGZ began in 1957 as XEGZ-AM 790, licensed to
Ciudad Lerdo
Ciudad Lerdo (Lerdo City) is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
It is located at co-ordinates 25.33° N, 103.31° W, bor ...
and owned by Alejandro Stevenson. Formats over the years included La Pantera, Radio 790 and Rockola 790.
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
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 ...
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
Radio stations in Durango
Radio stations in the Comarca Lagunera
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