XERED-AM
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| City | Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
| Branding | Radio Red AM |
| Slogan | La estación que le enriquece / Con el prestigio Radio Red |
| Frequency | 1110 kHz 88.1 FM HD2 (XHRED-FM) |
| First air date | December 30, 1930 |
| Format | News and talk |
| Power | 100 kW day 50 kW night |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | Radio RED |
| Owner | Grupo Radio Centro (Radio Red, S.A. de C.V.) |
| Website | redam.mx |
XERED-AM is a radio station in Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, serving Mexico City. Located on 1110 kHz, XERED-AM is owned by Grupo Radio Centro and broadcasts news and talk as "Radio Red". 1110 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency.
XERED-AM can be heard in HD on XHRED-FM 88.1 FM HD2.
The concession history for XERED-AM begins with XEFO, a radio station launched in December 30, 1930 on 940 kHz as the radio station of the National Revolutionary Party (later the PRI). The earliest available concession for XEFO dates to July 1, 1932. Despite the ban on political use of radio stations, XEFO radio was used as a method of disseminating party ideology, government accomplishments and as the chief medium of broadcasting news and propaganda during Lázaro Cárdenas's 1934 presidential election. XEFO was also relayed on shortwave XEUZ, which broadcast on 6120 kHz with 5 kW. Not long after Cárdenas was replaced by Miguel Alemán, XEFO was sold in 1941 to Francisco Aguirre Jiménez, who changed the callsign to XEQR-AM and used it to launch what became Grupo Radio Centro—which would end up buying Radio Red in 1994. However, XEQR was launched on a separate concession.
In 1946, a new station on 1110 kHz was established, XERCN-AM, owned by Rafael Cutberto Navarro through concessionaire Radio Central de México, S.A., with the concession history of XEFO. In 1973, it was sold to Clemente Serna Martínez and his Radio Programas de México, who the next year launched a new format for the station, "Radio Red". The callsign was changed to XERED-AM and the station began pioneering longform news and talk programming. Radio Red's flagship newscast was Monitor, which started on September 2, 1974 and whose morning edition was hosted by José Gutiérrez Vivó. Also in the 1970s, the station launched an FM sister station, XHRED-FM 88.1. Monitor grew to have four daily editions (morning, noon, evening and midnight) and became Mexico City's top-rated radio newscast by the late 1980s.
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