# XERC-FM

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Radio station in Mexico City

XERC-FM Mexico City Mexico Frequency 97.7 MHz (HD Radio) Branding La Mejor FM Programming Format Regional Mexican Ownership Owner MVS Radio (Stereorey México, S.A.[1]) Sister stations XHEXA-FM, XHMVS-FM History First air date 1974 Call sign meaning Station was the FM counterpart to XERC-AM, owned by Grupo Radio Centro Technical information Licensing authority CRT Class C ERP 99.707 kW[2] HAAT 559.43 meters (1,835.4 ft) Transmitter coordinates 19°27′8.07″N 99°22′3.05″W / 19.4522417°N 99.3675139°W / 19.4522417; -99.3675139 Links Website lamejor.com.mx

**XERC-FM** ([97.7 MHz](/source/97.7_FM)) is a radio station in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). XERC-FM is owned by [MVS Radio](/source/MVS_Radio) and is the national flagship for its La Mejor [Regional Mexican](/source/Regional_Mexican) format.

XERC-FM broadcasts in [HD](/source/HD_Radio).[3] The transmitter is located atop a tower in La Mesa/Villa Alpina site at the outskirts west of Mexico City, sharing site with Grupo Radio Centro.

Though approved to begin broadcasting in 1963, the station was not on the air until 1974. Founded by [Grupo Radio Centro](/source/Grupo_Radio_Centro), the station had primarily contemporary hit formats in English and Spanish in its history until 2018, when it switched to a news format as part of a major shuffle of Radio Centro's programming. In 2020, Radio Centro sold XERC-FM to MVS Radio, giving the latter company three FM stations in the capital and allowing it to bring La Mejor on FM to the market.

## History

### Radio Hits and Stereo 97.7

XERC-FM signed on in 1974, more than a decade after receiving its concession on July 26, 1963, alongside the two other FM stations built by Radio Centro, and was known as "Radio Hits", airing current music in English. The original concession was held by Radio Popular de México, S.A. but was sold to Radio Central de la Provincia in 1975. In August 1988, it changed its format and name to "Stereo 97 7" and now featured mostly Spanish-language pop, becoming a more general CHR station with music both in Spanish and English during the following years. The station's primary innovation in terms of format was the "three-by-three" (*de tres por tres*) song arrangement, in a time when usually only a song was aired before and after a commercial break. This arrangement was rapidly copied by other stations and even expanded (for example, airing blocks of five or six consecutive songs), and is practically commonplace in all musical stations nowadays. From 1989 until 1993, it was Mexico City's most popular radio station, being surpassed by the [grupera](/source/Grupera) "Sonido Z" (now "La Z") at [XEQR-FM](/source/XEQR-FM).

By the late 2000s, the station's name was simplified to just "97 7", which had been used as a nickname since its launch.

### Radio Centro 97 7, Lo Que Te Mueve

On November 7, 2016, the station was rebranded as "Radio Centro 97 7", with its format switching to Spanish-language music only, with a heavy emphasis on Latin urban music and reggaeton. Host Toño Esquinca from sister station [XHFAJ-FM](/source/XHFAJ-FM) became the station's director and aired a morning show concurrently with his show on XHFAJ.

On June 1, 2018, Esquinca was replaced with Gabriel Roa, former director of [XEQR-FM](/source/XEQR-FM), who also replaced him in the morning show slot and added more variety to the station, bringing back English-language hits as well as pop hits from the 1980s to the 2000s.

### Radio Centro Noticias 97.7

On October 17, 2018, the station began airing a morning newscast hosted by [Carmen Aristegui](/source/Carmen_Aristegui) (which is produced solely by her), and on December 3, GRC announced that XERC-FM would flip to a talk format beginning on January 14, 2019, retaining the Radio Centro name. [Sergio Sarmiento](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sergio_Sarmiento&action=edit&redlink=1), [Guadalupe Juárez](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guadalupe_Ju%C3%A1rez&action=edit&redlink=1), and sport hosts [Carlos Albert](/source/Carlos_Albert) and Enrique Beas made the move over from [Radio Red](/source/XERED-AM), [Julio Astillero](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Julio_Astillero&action=edit&redlink=1), columnist from the [La Jornada](/source/La_Jornada) newspaper, joined Radio Centro to do an afternoon show, and Aristegui's newscast was expanded by an hour. [Carlos Loret de Mola](/source/Carlos_Loret_de_Mola)'s *Sin Anestesia* newscast did not carry over, as the host opted not to accept the move of his program from its morning timeslot;[4] he would return to [W Radio](/source/XEW-FM). At launch, the station featured English classic hits musical programming on mid-morning, overnight and weekend slots, but they were dropped on February 1 to make room for the return of the newswheel format previously known as "Formato 21", now renamed "Radio Centro Noticias". [Fernanda Tapia](/source/Fernanda_Tapia) joined the station on February 6 in the mid-morning slot. In June 2019, Sarmiento and Juárez left GRC to join the new [Heraldo Radio](/source/XHDL-FM), at the same time a new newscast hosted by Alejandro Paez Varela (director of website *SinEmbargo.mx*) and Álvaro Delgado (journalist from *[Proceso](/source/Proceso_(magazine))*) made its debut. In August, Ricardo Raphael, who had earlier that year resigned from [IMER](/source/Instituto_Mexicano_de_la_Radio), joined the lineup.

### Universal 97.7

On October 31, 2019, coinciding with the launch of Radio Centro's TV station [XHFAMX-TDT](/source/XHFAMX-TDT), XERC-FM and XHRED-FM swapped formats, bringing the Universal English classic hits format to 97.7 and moving the talk programming to 88.1. As a transition, XERC simulcasted Universal from 8pm to 5am for two weeks prior to the switch.

From April to mid-May 2020, the Universal format was simulcasted on [XEQR-AM](/source/XEQR-AM).

### Sale to MVS Radio; flip to La Mejor

On May 15, 2020, [Grupo Radio Centro](/source/Grupo_Radio_Centro) announced that it would sell XERC-FM to [MVS Radio](/source/MVS_Radio) for a reported 500 million pesos (US$20 million). The deal was intended to give Radio Centro additional capital as it sought to negotiate a deal with its noteholders. MVS took over on June 1 and flipped the station to its La Mejor [grupera](/source/Grupera) format,[5] which had previously aired on [XHMVS-FM](/source/XHMVS-FM) (from 2006 to 2008) and [XEOC-AM](/source/XEOC-AM) (between 2010 and 2012). GRC also announced that the Universal format would return to [XHRED-FM](/source/XHRED-FM), sharing it with the news/talk format. The IFT approved the station to return to [Cerro del Chiquihuite](/source/Cerro_del_Chiquihuite) from the Grupo Radio Centro tower site in Villa Alpina in December 2022.[2]. But as of December 2024 XERC-FM still broadcasts its signal from Villa Alpina.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [RPC: #545333 Change of Concessionaire by Internal Reorganization — XERC-FM](https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/33334_211109184546_5845.pdf)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pift141222785_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pift141222785_2-1) ["Resolución mediante la cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones autoriza la modificación a las características técnicas de operación de la estación con distintivo de llamada XERC-FM, frecuencia 97.7 MHz, en la Ciudad de México, otorgada a favor del concesionario Stereorey México, S.A., para la prestación del servicio de radiodifusión en Frecuencia Modulada para uso comercial"](https://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/acuerdoliga/pift141222785.pdf) (PDF) (in Spanish). [Federal Telecommunications Institute](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute). December 14, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones](http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones) HD Radio Guide for Mexico

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Carlos Loret declinó nuevo esquema de conducción: Radio Centro"](http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/carlos-loret-declino-nuevo-esquema-de-conduccion-radio-centro). *El Universal*. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["MVS compra la estación 97.7 de FM a Grupo Radio Centro"](https://elceo.com/negocios/mvs-compra-la-estacion-97-7-de-fm-a-grupo-radio-centro/). *El CEO* (in Mexican Spanish). May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 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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