{{short description|Radio station in Mexico City}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox radio station | name = XHPOP-FM | logo = Match FM logo.png | logo_upright = .8 | airdate = {{start date|1964}} | frequency = 99.3 [[MHz]] | city = [[Mexico City]] | country = MX | format = [[Contemporary hit radio]] | owner = [[Grupo ACIR]] | licensee = Radio Frecuencia Modulada, S.A. de C.V. | class = C1 | erp = 90 kW{{Mexico-inf|FM|access-date=June 30, 2014}} | haat = {{convert|115|m|ft|sp=us}} | coordinates = {{coord|19|23|11.2|N|99|12|21.1|W}} | branding = [[Match FM]] | former_callsigns = XEN-FM (1964–1977) | sister_stations = {{hlist|[[XEFR-AM]]|[[XHDFM-FM]]|[[XHM-FM]]|[[XHSH-FM]]}} | affiliations = | webcast = {{IHeartRadio|6251}} | website = {{URL|matchmx.fm}} | callsign_meaning = [[Pop music]] }}
'''XHPOP-FM''' is a radio station on 99.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] in [[Mexico City]]. The station is owned by [[Grupo ACIR]] and airs the company's Match [[contemporary hit radio]] format. The transmitter is located atop a tower in "Ciudad de la Radio" west of the city center.
==History== The XHPOP history begins with authorized as XEN-FM, a counterpart to [[XEN-AM]] 690 in 1964; the station was simulcasting the AM, known as ''Radio Mundo''. The station was sold in 1977, and the call sign was changed to the current XHPOP-FM the same year. It initially broadcast an instrumental music format under the name ''Música Feliz 99'' before changing to a contemporary hit radio format as ''Sonido 99'' by the end of the decade.
The [[1985 Mexico City earthquake]] severely damaged the studios used by XEN and its Ondas de Alegría sister stations, and after some time off the air and a relocation to new studios, the station reemerged as ''Radio Metrópoli'' and then ''Fórmula Mexicana'', both broadcasting Mexican music. The station reverted to ''Sonido 99'' at the end of 1987—a year in which the Díaz Romo cluster was split due to family differences—and on November 16, 1988, it changed to ''Digital 99''.
In 1995, it was leased alongside ARTSA sister stations XHPOP, XHM and XHDFM to Grupo ACIR for a period of 10 years, with the goal being to combine the stations to form new national network concepts.<ref>{{cite news|page=16|title=Cuadrante de gigantes|first=Francisco|last=Vidal|work=Reforma|date=June 2, 1996}}</ref> In 2005, the station was sold outright to Grupo ACIR.
[[File:Digital99logo.jpg|thumb|180px|Previous Digital 99.3 logo (from 2004 to 2010)]]
===Radio Disney===
[[File:RadioDisney 99 3.jpg|thumb|180px|Previous Radio Disney 99.3 logo (from 2013 to 2019)]]
In August 2013, the station stopped using the "Digital" name on-air, only referring to itself as "99-3". This sparked speculation about a format change, with [[Radio Disney Latin America|Radio Disney]] as the main replacement option.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.diariobasta.com/nota.php?id_nota=17389 |title=Digital 99.3 concluye transmisión: Diario Basta (in spanish) |access-date=October 1, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213924/http://www.diariobasta.com/nota.php?id_nota=17389 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This rumors were confirmed, when it was announced that on October 9, XHPOP-FM would become the Mexican version of Radio Disney, which officially launched at noon on that day. Most of the Digital hosts remained on Radio Disney.<ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2013/radio-disney-ya-tiene-presencia-en-mexico--955922.html Radio Disney ya tiene presencia en México – El Universal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006070523/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/2013/radio-disney-ya-tiene-presencia-en-mexico--955922.html |date=October 6, 2013 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aztecanoticias.com.mx/notas/entretenimiento/169965/radio-disney-transmitira-en-mexico Radio Disney transmitirá en México – Azteca Noticias] {{in lang|es}}</ref>
===Match=== On December 26, 2019, Disney and ACIR announced they were mutually ending their relationship, which had covered twelve Mexican cities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://radiodisney.disneylatino.com/nota/radio-disney-mexico-2020|date=December 26, 2019|work=Radio Disney|title=Radio Disney México 2020|language=es|access-date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226144650/https://radiodisney.disneylatino.com/nota/radio-disney-mexico-2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ten of the twelve Radio Disney stations, including XHPOP, were transitioned to ACIR's replacement format, Match, which formally launched on January 7, 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2019/12/26/nace-match-fm-en-cuadrante-mexicano.html|work=Publimetro|title=Nace Match Fm en el cuadrante mexicano|first=Gabriela|last=Acosta|date=December 26, 2019|access-date=December 27, 2019|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226223500/https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/entretenimiento/2019/12/26/nace-match-fm-en-cuadrante-mexicano.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unlike Radio Disney, Match's programming is mostly composed of English-language hits from the 2000s to the present, with no Spanish hits and no Latin urban music. In 2025, it returned to Spanish-language pop music.
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.iheart.com/live/country/MX/city/ciudaddemexico-cmx-766/ iheart Mexico City website] * {{official website|matchmx.fm}}
{{Mexico City Radio}}
[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in Mexico]] [[Category:Grupo ACIR]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1964]] [[Category:Radio stations in Mexico City]] [[Category:1964 establishments in Mexico]]