{{short description|Radio station in Mexico City}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = | name = XHSON-FM | city = [[Mexico City]] | country = MX | airdate = {{Start date and age|April 18, 1968}} | frequency = 100.9 [[megahertz|MHz]] | area = [[Mexico City]] area | format = [[Dance radio|EDM]] | owner = NRM Comunicaciones | licensee = Televideo, S.A. de C.V. | sister_stations = [[XHMM-FM]], [[XEOYE-FM]], [[XEPH-AM]], [[XEBS-AM]], [[XEOY-AM]] | erp = 100 kW{{mexico-inf|FM|accessdate=2015-04-11}} | branding = Beat | coordinates = {{coord|19|16|09.4|N|99|12|48.0|W}} | class = C | former_callsigns = {{ubl|XEBS-FM (1968–1978)|XHROK-FM (1994–1996)}} | haat = {{Convert|491|m|ft}} | website = {{URL|1=https://beatdigital.mx|2=beatdigital.mx}} | callsign_meaning = From original station name Sonomil }} '''XHSON-FM''' (100.9 [[Hertz|MHz]]) is a commercial [[radio station]] in [[Mexico City]], owned and operated by NRM Comunicaciones. It has an [[electronic dance music]] (EDM) [[radio format|format]] and calls itself "Beat". Its [[playlist]] includes [[Electro house|electro-house]], [[techno]], [[Trance music|trance]], [[progressive house|progressive]], [[drum and bass]], [[dubstep]], [[House music|house]], [[Breakbeat|breaks]] and other [[Dance music|dance]] and [[electronica]] music. It also plays [[Chill-out music|chill-out]] and [[lounge music]] 13 hours a week. It has a staff of four announcers and 31 resident [[disc jockey|DJ]]s along with additional guest DJs from time to time.
XHSON-FM is a [[list of broadcast station classes#FM|Class C]] station with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 100,000 [[watt]]s.<REF>[https://fccdata.org/?call=XHSON&ccode=6&country=MX&lang=en&city= FCCdata.org/XHSON-FM]</REF> The [[transmitter]] [[radio masts and towers|tower]] is atop [[Cerro del Chiquihuite]].
==History== The history of 100.9 FM in Mexico City begins with Televideo, S.A., receiving a concession for XEOY-FM in 1957. However, the station didn't [[sign-on|sign on]] the air until {{Start date and age|1968|4|18}}. The original [[call sign]] was XEBS-FM, using the moniker "La Chica Musical". In the mid-1970s, the station became known as "Sonomil" (a name derived both from its position at 100.9 FM and from [[XEOY-AM]] 1000). This name was referred to in the station's call letters when it became XHSON-FM in 1978.
The format moved toward [[album rock]] in 1983 and 1984. The station took the name "Proyecto 101" on September 1, 1983 and then Rock 101 on June 1, 1984. The call sign changed to XHROK-FM in 1994.
In August 1996, due to low ratings and changes within Núcleo Radio Mil, management decided to flip formats. It became "Código 100.9" with [[electronic dance music|techno EDM]] music. The call sign returned to XHSON-FM.
On January 8, 1999, the Sabrosita tropical music format moved to 100.9 FM from [[XEPH-AM]] 590. The tropical format moved back to AM on September 20, 2004, at which time 100.9 FM returned to the EDM format on October 1.
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==External links== * [https://beatdigital.mx XHSON-FM, official page]
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[[Category:Radio stations in Mexico City]] [[Category:Electronic dance music radio stations]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1968]] [[Category:1968 establishments in Mexico]]