XHDL-FM

XHDL-FM
City Mexico City
Broadcast area Greater Mexico City
Branding Reporte 98.5
Slogan Tu voz es nuestra voz (Your voice is our voice)
Frequency 98.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date 16 July 1959
Format Talk
ERP 100 kW[1]
Owner Grupo Imagen
(Imagen Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V.)
Webcast XHDL-FM
Website http://www.reporte.com.mx/

XHDL-FM is a radio station in Mexico City, owned by Grupo Imagen. Broadcasting on 98.5 FM, XHDL carries a talk radio format under the name "Reporte 98.5".

History

98.5 FM began as XELA-FM in 1962, owned by Radio Metropolitana, S.A.,[2] the concessionaire of XELA-AM 830. Until 1984, it was an FM simulcast of 830 AM; when it broke away, it became "Stereo Classics", English-language music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In 1989, the format was changed to more contemporary music in English as "Dial FM", and the callsign was changed to XHDL-FM to reference the new format.

Radioactivo logo

On July 20, 1992, XHDL became "Radioactivo 98.5", with a rock and hip hop format. Its first slogan, "Radioactivity's in the air", was quickly eclipsed by its second: "Fuck everyone else". Various international artists, such as Metallica , Rammstein, The Mars Volta, Fabolous, Snoop Dogg and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, visited the station. From 1992 to 2000, MVS Radio, the joint venture between Frecuencia Modulada Mexicana and Grupo Imagen, operated the station; in 2000, XHDL-FM, XEDA-FM 90.5 and XELA-AM broke off to become the stations of Imagen Telecomunicaciones. Under Imagen, Radioactivo went through various changes, the largest of which was the departure of José Alvarez in 2003.

With presidential elections looming in 2006, several stations flipped to talk formats, including XHDL, which did so in April 2004 under its current Reporte 98.5 format. Many of the personalities from Radioactivo 98.5 eventually migrated to IMER's XHOF-FM, such as Rulo, El Sopitas, Julio Martinez and Erich Martino.

XHDL's current format includes news and talk focused on the Mexico City area.

References

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