XHEZAR-FM | |
City: | San Bernardino Tlaxcalancingo-Puebla, Puebla |
Branding: | @FM (Arroba FM) |
Format: | Pop |
Frequency: | 96.1 MHz |
Airdate: | January 6, 1989 (concession) September 13, 2018 (FM) |
Erp: | 3,000 watts |
Class: | A |
Owner: | Radiorama |
Licensee: | Radio XEZAR, S.A. de C.V. |
Sister Stations: | XHRTP-FM |
Former Frequencies: | 920 kHz (1989–2020) |
Coordinates: | 19.0609°N -98.2299°W |
XHEZAR-FM is a radio station on 96.1 FM in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. It carries the Arroba FM pop format from Grupo Radiorama.
XEZAR-AM 920 received its concession on January 6, 1989. It began broadcasting later that year as part of Corporación Puebla de Radiodifusión, a subsidiary company of Grupo ACIR; the concession was held by Alberto Guilbot Serros until ACIR purchased it outright in 1998. The original format was ranchera as Spanish; Castilian: Q Bonita. At the beginning of the 2000s, it changed its format to Spanish adult contemporary as Spanish; Castilian: Inolvidable; in 2004, it returned to ranchera as "Bonita". Three years later, it became Spanish; Castilian: 920 Noticias, a repeater of the Mexico City stations 88.9 Noticias and La 1260.
In 2009, Grupo ACIR sold a group of its stations, located throughout Mexico, to Radiorama, including XEZAR-AM. This was Radiorama's first station in the Puebla market, and the company opted to lease it out to Grupo Oro. It changed to grupera music as Spanish; Castilian: La Z before becoming W Radio Puebla in 2012.
In 2014, control of XEZAR-AM was taken over by Radiorama. Under Radiorama operation, its formats have been Spanish; Castilian: Encuentro 920, airing a pop format, and Spanish; Castilian: Éxtasis Digital, English-language classic hits. In 2017, it joined the Arroba FM pop network.
XEZAR migrated to FM on September 13, 2018, as XHEZAR-FM 96.1. A new tower was installed at the Radiorama studios. The AM station concluded broadcasting in 2020.[1]