XHSRO-FM

XHSRO-FM
City of license	Monterrey
Branding	La Mejor 92.5
Slogan	¡Aquí Nomás!
Frequency	92.5 MHz
First air date	April 15, 1967
Format	Regional Mexican
ERP	95.52 kW^[1]
Callsign meaning	SteReO
Owner	MVS Comunicaciones (Stereorey México, S.A.)
Website	www.lamejor.com.mx#!/monterrey/home

XHSRO-FM is a station in Monterrey, Nuevo León. It broadcasts on 92.5 FM and carries the La Mejor regional Mexican format from MVS Comunicaciones.

History

Stereorey

In 1965,^[2] Joaquín Várgas Gómez, the founder of MVS, was driving in a car in the United States and was surprised by the increased sound quality available on the then-new FM band. The quality available on FM inspired him to start a new FM radio station in Monterrey. On April 15, 1967, XHSRO-FM, the first stereo FM radio station in Mexico, hit the air. While FM radio had already entered the Mexican market on stations such as the short-lived XHFM-FM and XEOY-FM, both in Mexico City, XHSRO and its format would help to encourage the development of FM radio across Mexico.

The format chosen by Várgas Gómez for this pioneering venture was dubbed Stereorey, for stereo and Monterrey. It consisted of contemporary music in English. It promptly began to expand; the second city to get Stereorey was Guadalajara, XHRO-FM 95.5. Then came Mexico City with XHV-FM 102.5, while the fourth Stereorey station was León, on XHSO-FM 99.9. (MVS still owns the stations, which, except for Mexico City, now broadcast the La Mejor format.)

Over time, and particularly after 1990, Stereorey stations also had a considerable news presence. Para Empezar, a morning news program with Pedro Ferriz de Con, soon expanded to evenings. However, the news content began to proliferate to the point where what had been conceived as a music station now carried 7 hours of news on weekdays.^[3]

The voice of Stereorey was Ken Smith, who from 1967 until his death in 1990 recorded all the station identifications and promos used on Stereorey's stations across Mexico. Stereorey's importance in MVS's history is such that all of MVS Radio's owned and operated station concessions are held by Stereorey México, S.A.

Format changes in the 2000s

Stereorey ended its run on XHSRO in 2002 to give way to Best FM, which consisted of newer contemporary music in English. Whereas Stereorey's catalog still had 1960s music in it, Best FM was newer, with more rock and less easy listening. In addition, the news programming was reduced.

This format, in turn, was replaced in January 2005 with La Mejor, an MVS national format of grupera music.

References

↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
↑ MVS Radio: Historia
↑ History of Stereorey

Radio stations in the state of Nuevo León

By FM frequency	XHSAB 89.5 XHUNL 89.7 XHCHL 90.1 XHUDEM 90.5 XHXL 91.7 XHGBO 92.1 XHSRO 92.5 XHDD 92.9 XHQQ 93.3 XHGAL 93.7 XET 94.1 XHTEC 94.9 XHLPZ 95.3 XHRK 95.7 XHARR 96.5 XHMSN 96.5 XHSR 97.3 XHESH 97.7 XHLOS 97.7 XHRL 98.1 XHTYL 98.5 XHJD 98.9 XHSP 99.7 XHCER 100.7 XHERN 100.9 XHSBH 100.9 XHAW 101.3 XHQI 102.1 XHMG 102.9 XHNAR 103.3 XHAHU 103.3 XHFMTU 103.7 XHMF 104.5 XHR 104.9 XHPAG 105.3 XHLN 105.7 XHITS 106.1 XHPJ 106.9 XHMN 107.7

By AM frequency	XEWA 540 XEBJB 570 XEMN 600 XEFB 630 XEFZ 660 XERG 690 XEACH 770 XEDD 800 XELN 830 XENL 860 XEOK 900 XERN 950 XET 990 XEG 1050 XEAU 1090 XEMR 1140 XECT 1190 XEIZ 1240 XER 1260 XEAW 1280 XEVB 1310 XENV 1340 XEMON 1370 XESH 1400 XEH 1420 XEJM 1450 XETKR 1480 XEQI 1510 XESTN 1540

HD Radio	103.7-1 103.7-2 103.7-3

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