# XHDL-FM

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Radio station in Mexico City

XHDL-FM Mexico City Mexico Broadcast area Greater Mexico City Frequency 98.5 MHz (HD Radio) Branding El Heraldo Radio Programming Format News/talk; contemporary music in English Subchannels HD2: El Heraldo Radio HD2 Ownership Owner El Heraldo de México (GA Radiocomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.) History First air date May 19, 1962 (concession) Former call signs XELA-FM (1962–89) Call sign meaning "Dial FM" (former name) Technical information Class C ERP 100 kW[1] HAAT 512.8 meters (1,682 ft) Transmitter coordinates 19°32′02″N 99°07′46″W / 19.53389°N 99.12944°W / 19.53389; -99.12944 Links Webcast Listen live Website heraldodemexico.com.mx

**XHDL-FM** is a radio station on 98.5 FM in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). XHDL is owned by *[El Heraldo de México](/source/El_Heraldo_de_M%C3%A9xico)* and operates as a news/talk station known as El Heraldo Radio. The transmitter site is located atop [Cerro del Chiquihuite](/source/Cerro_del_Chiquihuite).

XHDL-FM broadcasts in [HD](/source/HD_Radio).[2]

## History

98.5 FM began as **XELA-FM** in 1962, owned by Radio Metropolitana, S.A.,[3] the concessionaire of [XELA-AM](/source/XELA-AM) 830. Until 1984, it was an FM simulcast of 830 AM; when it broke away, it became "Stereo Classics", English-language music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In 1989, the format was changed to more contemporary music in English as "Dial FM", and the callsign was changed to **XHDL-FM** to reference the new format.

### Radioactivo era

On July 20, 1992, XHDL became "Radioactivo 98.5", with a rock and hip hop format. Its first slogan, "Radioactivity's in the air", was quickly eclipsed by its second: "Fuck everyone else". Various international artists, such as [Metallica](/source/Metallica), [Rammstein](/source/Rammstein), [The Mars Volta](/source/The_Mars_Volta), [Fabolous](/source/Fabolous), [Snoop Dogg](/source/Snoop_Dogg) and the [Red Hot Chili Peppers](/source/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers), visited the station. From 1992 to 2000, [MVS Radio](/source/MVS_Radio), the joint venture between Frecuencia Modulada Mexicana and Grupo Imagen, operated the station; in 2000, XHDL-FM, [XEDA-FM](/source/XEDA-FM) 90.5 and XELA-AM broke off to become the stations of Imagen Telecomunicaciones. Under Imagen, Radioactivo went through various changes, the largest of which was the departure of José Alvarez in 2003. The station closed on 2 April 2004 causing some minor [protests](/source/Protest) outside the studios.[4][5]

### Reporte 98.5

With [presidential elections](/source/2006_Mexican_general_election) looming in 2006, several stations flipped to talk formats, including XHDL, which did so in April 2004 under the name *Reporte 98.5*. Many of the personalities from Radioactivo 98.5 eventually migrated to IMER's [XHOF-FM](/source/XHOF-FM), such as Rulo, El Sopitas, Julio Martínez and Erich Martino. Reporte offered news, talk and traffic reports aimed at the Mexico City area, including three full newscasts a day, sports and financial programming.

### RMX

Logo as RMX used between 2017 and 2019

XHDL-FM began operating in [HD Radio](/source/HD_Radio) in 2011 alongside XEDA-FM, making them the first radio stations in Mexico City to do so. At that time, XEDA-HD2 was activated carrying the audio of RMX Guadalajara ([XHAV-FM](/source/XHAV-FM)). On January 5, 2017, Imagen Radio announced that XHDL would go full-time with the RMX format, beginning Monday, January 9, alongside one new affiliate, [XHOD-FM](/source/XHOD-FM) in San Luis Potosí, as well as two existing Imagen/RMX combo stations, [XHQOO-FM](/source/XHQOO-FM) in Cancún and [XHMIG-FM](/source/XHMIG-FM) San Miguel de Allende-Celaya.[6]

### Sale to *El Heraldo de México*

On June 16, 2019, Grupo Imagen and Grupo Andrade, owners of the *[El Heraldo de México](/source/El_Heraldo_de_M%C3%A9xico)* newspaper, announced that they had reached a strategic agreement under which Imagen would sell XHDL-FM and XHAV-FM to the newspaper, subject to the approval of the [IFT](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute).[7]

RMX closed down at 11:59pm on Friday, June 21, to allow El Heraldo to begin operation of the station as Heraldo Radio on June 22. The new programming began on June 25, with longform newscasts and other informative programs, while still carrying music programming similar to RMX's on overnights and weekends. The transfer of the concessions of XHDL and XHAV to GA Radiocomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Grupo Andrade, was approved by the IFT on August 28, 2019.[8]

Heraldo Radio news hosts include [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), [Jesús Martín Mendoza](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jes%C3%BAs_Mart%C3%ADn_Mendoza&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Salvador García Soto](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salvador_Garc%C3%ADa_Soto&action=edit&redlink=1).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mexico-inf-FM_1-0)** [Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute). [Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM](http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/contenidogeneral/industria/memoriafm160518.pdf). Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-19. Technical information from the [IFT Coverage Viewer](http://mapasradiodifusion.ift.org.mx/CPCREL-web/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones](http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones) HD Radio Guide for Mexico

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [1962 concession](https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/090252648002923b.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Caballero, Jorge (3 April 2004). ["Ayer llegó a su fin Radioactivo 9/85, la estación juvenil más importante del DF"](https://www.jornada.com.mx/2004/04/03/11an1esp.php). *La Jornada* (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Decenas de niños bien y algunos bandosos marchan en apoyo a Radioactivo 9/85"](https://www.jornada.com.mx/2004/04/18/21an1esp.php). *La Jornada* (in Spanish). 18 April 2004. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Rodríguez Calva, Patricia (5 January 2017). ["No te pierdas el inicio de transmisiones de RMX a través del 98.5"](http://www.imagenradio.com.mx/patricia-rodriguez-calva/no-te-pierdas-el-inicio-de-transmisiones-de-rmx-traves-del-985). *Imagen Radio*. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Grupo Imagen y Grupo Andrade suscriben acuerdo para que El Heraldo de México adquiera frecuencias de radio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190616162658/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/grupo-imagen-y-grupo-andrade-suscriben-acuerdo-para-que-el-heraldo-de-mexico-adquiera-frecuencias-de-radio/). *El Heraldo de México*. June 16, 2019. Archived from [the original](https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/pais/grupo-imagen-y-grupo-andrade-suscriben-acuerdo-para-que-el-heraldo-de-mexico-adquiera-frecuencias-de-radio/) on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [IFT: XIX Sesión Ordinaria del Pleno](http://www.ift.org.mx/conocenos/pleno/sesiones/xix-ordinaria-del-pleno-28-de-agosto-de-2019), August 28, 2019

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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