# XEQR-AM

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Radio station in Mexico City

XEQR-AM Mexico City Mexico Frequency 1030 kHz Branding Radio Centro 1030 Programming Format Oldies and standards in Spanish Ownership Owner Grupo Radio Centro (XEQR, S.A. de C.V.) Sister stations XHRED-FM, XHFAJ-FM, XEJP-FM, XEQR-FM, XEN-AM, XERC-AM, XERED-AM, History First air date January 1, 1931 Technical information Licensing authority CRT Class B Power 50,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night)[1] Transmitter coordinates 19°22′26.6″N 99°06′34.2″W / 19.374056°N 99.109500°W / 19.374056; -99.109500 Repeater 107.3 XEQR-HD2 (Mexico City) Links Webcast Listen live Website player.listenlive.co/51851/es

**XEQR-AM** (branded as **Radio Centro 1030**) is a radio station based in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). It is owned by [Grupo Radio Centro](/source/Grupo_Radio_Centro), broadcasting an [oldies](/source/Oldies) and [adult standards](/source/Adult_standards) format in Spanish.

## History

**XEFO-AM** signed on January 1, 1931, as the radio station of the National Revolutionary Party (later the [PRI](/source/Partido_Revolucionario_Institucional)). In 1941, the PRN sold the station to Francisco Aguirre Jiménez. From 1030 AM he would build a broadcasting empire initially known as "Cadena Radio Continental", starting with [XERC-AM](/source/XERC-AM) in 1946 and growing into today's [Grupo Radio Centro](/source/Grupo_Radio_Centro). That same year, the station took on the name "Radio Centro", branding as "the station of the Mexican family" and positioned itself as a general station similar to [XEW-AM](/source/XEW-AM); while airing musical programming for most of its existence, in the 1980s, information and entertainment programs were added, and by 1998 non-talk programming had disappeared. Newscasts and sport programs were also present, but were later moved to [Radio Red AM](/source/XERED-AM) and [Radio Red FM](/source/XHRED-FM). In its final years as a talk station, the station aired programs focused on [self-help](/source/Self-help) and [motivation](/source/Motivation), hosted by professionals in the topic, and it also aired the live Sunday noon mass from the [Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral](/source/Mexico_City_Metropolitan_Cathedral) (which in 2017 moved to the [Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe](/source/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe)).

In 2017, citing "changes in AM transmission infrastructure", Grupo Radio Centro reorganized all of its AM radio stations, shutting down several and consolidating their programs. Radio Centro's talk programming, of which only two programs ("Club Nocturno" and "Buenos Días", the former of which was cancelled in 2019) survived the transition, went on to share [XEN-AM](/source/XEN-AM) 690 with Spanish oldies format El Fonógrafo, which had been on [XEJP-AM](/source/XEJP-AM) 1150. XEQR then went silent. Beginning on October 2, 2017, the full slate of talk programming returned as an online and HD Radio-only stream, which only lasted less than two months after a fire affected GRC's headquarters. It wouldn't be until March 2019 when the station's stream returned, although not with all the programming it had prior to 2017. In August, the format absorbed the programming of sister station [XERED-AM](/source/XERED-AM) (which had also become an online-only stream) unifying it under the "Radio Centro 1030" name.

On April 11, 2020 it returned to the air, however, the next day, it switched from the talk format to a simulcast of [XERC-FM](/source/XERC-FM), the English classic hits format "Universal", and on May 15, concurrent with the announcement that XERC-FM was being sold to [MVS Radio](/source/MVS_Radio), the Internet stream was shut down with all their collaborators dismissed. On May 18, XEQR switched again to a simulcast of [XEN-AM](/source/XEN-AM). From July 2020 until June 2022, the station broke away from XEN to air sports programming at certain times and days simply branding itself as "1030 AM", but otherwise remained a simulcast.

On June 18, 2022, XEQR rebranded as sports format "Radio Centro Deportes" and stopped simulcasting XEN.

On August 7, 2023, XEQR retook the "Radio Centro 1030" name and a primarily musical format, airing an oldies and adult standards format primarily in Spanish but also some in English, consisting mostly in music such as [bolero](/source/Bolero), [mariachi](/source/Mariachi), [big band](/source/Big_band), [rock and roll](/source/Rock_and_roll), [ranchera](/source/Ranchera), [mambo](/source/Mambo_(music)), [trío romántico](/source/Tr%C3%ADo_rom%C3%A1ntico), which is the format XEQR had from the 1960s until the early 1990s, and was also the original "El Fonógrafo" format from the 1990s and 2000s. With the relaunch, the "Buenos Días" morning talk program returned to XEQR.

"Buenos Días" ended its 23-year GRC run on January 17, 2026, leaving the station as a music-only format with no on-air personalities.

## 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 2014-12-24. Technical information from the [IFT Coverage Viewer](http://mapasradiodifusion.ift.org.mx/CPCREL-web/).

## External links

- [Facility details for Facility ID 102127 (XEQR)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=102127) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

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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