XHPOP-FM
XHPOP-FM is a radio station on 99.3 FM in Mexico City. The station is owned by Grupo ACIR and airs the company's Match format of contemporary hit radio in English.
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Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
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Frequency | 99.3 MHz |
Branding | Match |
Slogan | Conéctate |
Programming | |
Format | Contemporary hit radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Grupo ACIR (Radio Frecuencia Modulada, S.A. de C.V.) |
History | |
First air date | 1977 |
Former call signs | XEN-FM |
Call sign meaning | POP music |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 90 kW[1] |
Links | |
Website | matchmx |
History
XHPOP began broadcasting in 1977, adopting the "Digital 99.3" name in November 1988, and throughout its existence it basically focused on a Top 40 format, airing music both in English and Spanish. Its more important programs were the morning show Huevos and the call-in show Friends Connection, hosted by Sofía Sánchez Navarro, who left the station in 2009 and thus both programs were cancelled.
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Radio Disney
In August 2013, the station stopped using the "Digital" name on-air, only referring itself as "99-3". This sparked speculation about a format change, with Radio Disney as the main replacement option.[2] 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.[3][4]
Match
On December 26, 2019, Disney and ACIR announced they were mutually ending their relationship, which had covered twelve Mexican cities.[5] Ten of the twelve Radio Disney stations, including XHPOP, were transitioned to ACIR's replacement format, Match, which formally launched on January 7, 2020.[6] 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.
References
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-06-30. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- Digital 99.3 concluye transmisión: Diario Basta (in spanish)
- Radio Disney ya tiene presencia en México – El Universal (in Spanish)
- Radio Disney transmitirá en México – Azteca Noticias (in Spanish)
- "Radio Disney México 2020". Radio Disney (in Spanish). December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- Acosta, Gabriela (December 26, 2019). "Nace Match Fm en el cuadrante mexicano". Publimetro. Retrieved December 27, 2019.