XHGZ-FM (Durango)

XHGZ-FM is a radio station in Gómez Palacio, Durango on 99.5 FM. It is owned by Radiorama and operated by GPS Media as El Viejón with a grupera format.

XHGZ-FM

Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Broadcast area	Comarca Lagunera
Frequency	99.5 FM
Branding	El Viejón
Programming
Format	Grupera
Ownership
Owner	Radiorama (Organización Radiofónica Mexicana) (Radiodifusora XEGZ-AM, S.A. de C.V.)
Operator	GPS Media
History
First air date	1957 (as XEGZ-AM)
Call sign meaning	GómeZ Palacio
Technical information
ERP	25 kW[1]
Transmitter coordinates	25°34′00″N 103°28′00″W

History

Logo used as Milenio Radio Laguna

XHGZ began in 1957 as XEGZ-AM 790, licensed to Ciudad Lerdo and owned by Alejandro Stevenson. Formats over the years included La Pantera, Radio 790 and Rockola 790.^[2]

The station received permission to migrate to FM in 2011. On AM, Radiorama placed some of its own formats on 790, such as W Radio and Colorín ColorRadio; when the station migrated, it took on the Milenio Radio format of news-talk programming.

In March 2018, XHGZ converted to La Lupe, a new grupera classic hits format from Multimedios.

In 2019, Multimedios Radio took control of the FM station of the Grupo Radio Centro Torreón cluster; La Lupe moved to the 99.9 frequency. After a simulcast, Radiorama returned to operating XHGZ-FM as Regional Mexican "La Poderosa". A further change in the cluster saw GPS Media's El Viejón, previously at 101.1 MHz, move down to 99.5 in August 2020.