XEQR-AM
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| Broadcast area | Mexico City |
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| Frequency | 1030 kHz 107.3 FM HD2 XEQR-FM |
| First air date | 1931 |
| Format | Silent |
| Power | |
| Class | B |
| Transmitter coordinates | 19°23′49″N 99°6′6″W / 19.39694°N 99.10167°W |
| Owner | Grupo Radio Centro (XEQR, S.A. de C.V.) |
| Sister stations | XEQR-FM |
| Website | http://radiocentro1030.mx/ |
XEQR-AM (branded as Radio Centro 1030) is a radio station based in Mexico City, which is currently silent. It most recently aired a talk radio format, focused on self-help and family affairs, on 1030 kHz. It is the flagship station and namesake of Grupo Radio Centro.
XEFO-AM signed on January 1, 1931, as the radio station of the National Revolutionary Party (later the PRI). In 1941, the PRN sold the station to Francisco Aguirre Jiménez. From 1030 AM he would build a broadcasting empire initially known as "Cadena Radio Continental", starting with XERC-AM in 1946 and growing into today's Grupo Radio Centro. That same year, the station took on the name "Radio Centro", branding as "the station of the Mexican family" and positioned itself as a general station similar to XEW-AM; while airing musical programming for most of its existence, in the 1980s, information and entertainment programs were added, and by 1998 non-talk programming had disappeared. Newscasts and sport programs were also present, but were later moved to Radio Red AM and Radio Red FM. Lately, the station aired programs focused on self-help and motivation, hosted by professionals in the topic, and it also aired the live Sunday noon mass from the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
In 2017, citing "changes in AM transmission infrastructure", Grupo Radio Centro reorganized all of its AM radio stations, shutting down several and consolidating their programs. Radio Centro's talk programming, of which only two programs ("Club Nocturno" and "Buenos Días") survived the transition, now shares XEN-AM 690 with El Fonógrafo, airing from midnight to 1pm. XEQR then went silent.
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