# XEEST-AM

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Radio station in Mexico City

XEEST-AM Mexico City Mexico Broadcast area Greater Mexico City Frequency 1440 AM Branding Ondas De Vida Programming Format Christian radio Ownership Owner Grupo Siete Comunicación (Grupo Radial Siete, S.A. de C.V.) Sister stations XHFO-FM, XHCME-FM History First air date 1942 Former call signs XELZ-AM Call sign meaning Station was known in the 1980s as Estudiantes AM Technical information Licensing authority CRT Class B Power 25 kW day 1 kW night[1] Transmitter coordinates 19°22′26.6″N 99°06′34.2″W / 19.374056°N 99.109500°W / 19.374056; -99.109500[2] Links Webcast Listen live Website ondasdevida1440.com

**XEEST-AM** is a radio station on [1440 AM](/source/1440_AM) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). The station airs [Christian](/source/Christian_radio) programming under the name "Ondas De Vida".

## History

**XELZ-AM** received its first concession on December 1, 1942, to María Cardona de Zetina. For most of its history under this callsign, it broadcast ranchera music and was known as "Radio LZ". It was sold to Radio Variedades, S.A. in 1961, and became a part of Grupo Radio Centro. In the late 1970s, the tropical format *Radio AI* changed from [1320 AM](/source/XENET-AM) to 1440.

By the 1980s, it had adopted the XEEST-AM callsign and was known as "Estudiantes AM", targeting a youth audience with pop in Spanish. This format evolved into "Radio 14-40" in the mid-80s with Spanish-language rock joining the musical mix. Yet again, in 1989, the station changed names, this time to "Radio Alegría", but kept its format, eventually incorporating the wave of Spanish-language rap. In 1993, the format was changed and the station became "Radio Éxitos" (a name that had been used on [XERC-AM](/source/XERC-AM) until 1988), with 1960s classic rock in English.

In 1996, Grupo Radio Centro ceded the station's operational control to Grupo Radial Siete, after having taken control of [XHFO-FM](/source/XHFO-FM) three years earlier. Under Radial Siete, the station changed yet again, to "Sonido Crystal" with a grupera format; in 1998, it became the news-oriented "Radio Noticias 14-40". By 2005, it offered ballads and spoken programs as "La Reina del Hogar"; this changed to the all-spoken "Cambio 14-40" in 2007. The station took on a romantic format in 2012; for the first two months from February 13 until April, it was known as "Radio Amor 14-40" but not long after changed to its "Quiéreme 14-40" name, possibly to avoid confusion with [XHSH-FM](/source/XHSH-FM), known as "Amor 95.3".

On May 15, 2017, Quiéreme moved from XEEST to the stronger [XEINFO-AM](/source/XHINFO-FM) 1560. The move took place the same day as a major reshuffle of the AM stations owned by Grupo Radio Centro. XEEST returned to the air on October 2 after having been relocated to a new transmitter site in the Atlazolpa neighborhood of Mexico City, shared with Radio Centro's [XEQR-AM](/source/XEQR-AM) 1030 and unrelated station [XEITE-AM](/source/XEITE-AM) 830. However, on October 2, 2017, Quiéreme reverted to XEEST-AM as XEINFO-AM licensee was granted the migration of the station to the FM band as [XHINFO-FM](/source/XHINFO-FM) 105.3.

At 7pm on February 14, 2019, Quiéreme moved to [XEITE-AM](/source/XEITE-AM) 830, and 1440 fell silent again.

In August 2019, GRC officially ceded the ownership of XEEST to Grupo Siete, after the latter also resumed operations of its own [XHFO-FM](/source/XHFO-FM); the concession transfer was approved by the IFT on September 2, 2020.[3]

On February 15, 2020, XEEST returned to the air with the Christian format "Ondas de Paz". The name changed to "Ondas de Vida" on March 22, 2021, with a change in management but retaining the format.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mexico-inf-AM_1-0)** [Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute). [Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM](http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/industria/memoriaam160518.pdf). Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-01-05. Technical information from the [IFT Coverage Viewer](http://mapasradiodifusion.ift.org.mx/CPCREL-web/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [RPC: #029741 Change in Transmitter Location - XEEST-AM](https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/36281_181025122155_5602.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Lucas, Nicolás (September 18, 2020). ["IFT aprueba la cesión de la 1440 AM de la Ciudad de México de Radio Centro a Grupo Siete"](https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/IFT-aprueba-la-cesion-de-la-1440-AM-de-la-Ciudad-de-Mexico-de-Radio-Centro-a-Grupo-Siete-20200918-0069.html) [IFT approves the transfer of 1440 AM Mexico City from Radio Centro to Grupo Siete]. *El Economista* (in Spanish). Retrieved September 19, 2020.

v t e Radio stations in Mexico City By AM frequency 540 560 590 620 660 690 710 730 760 7901 830 860 900 940 970 1000 1030 1060 1080 1110 1130 1150 1180 1220 1260 1320 1350 1380 1410 1440 1470 1500 1530 1590 1670 By SW frequency 4.8 6.01 6.185 9.6 By FM frequency 88.1 88.9 89.7 90.5 90.9 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 106.92 107.3 107.9 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.1-1 90.9-1 90.9-2 91.3-1 92.1-1 93.7-1 95.7-1 96.5-1 97.7-1 98.5-1 98.5-2 103.3-1 104.1-1 105.3-1 107.3-1 107.3-2 By call sign XEABC XEAI XEANAH XEARZ XEB XEBS XECHAP XECO XECPAE XEDA-FM XEDF XEDF-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 XEDTL XEEST XEFR XEITE XEJP XEJP-FM XEL XEMP XEN XENK XEOC XEOI XEOY XEOYE-FM XEPH XEPPM XEQ XEQ-FM XEQK XEQR XEQR-FM HD2 XERC1 XERC-FM XERED XERFR XERFR-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 XERTA XETUL XEUN XEYU XEUN-FM XEUR XEVOZ XEW XEW-FM XEWF XEX XEX-FM XHDFM XHDL XHEP XHEXA XHFAJ HD2 XHFO XHIMER HD2 HD3 XHIMR HD2 HD3 XHINFO XHIPN XHM XHMM XHMVS XHOF XHPOP XHRED XHSCCA2 XHSH XHSON XHUAM XHUIA HD2 Internet Concepto Radial Radio México Internacional Defunct XEDA 1290 XENET 1320 XEINFO 1560 XERMX 5.985/9.705/11.77/15.43/17.765 XHFM 94.1 XHCDMX 106.1 Nearby regions Puebla City Other states Hidalgo State of Mexico Morelos Querétaro Tlaxcala See also List of radio stations in Mexico City Notes 1. Station is silent 2. Unbuilt or under construction

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