XHRI-FM

XHRI-FM
Reynosa, Tamaulipas; Mexico;
Broadcast area	Reynosa; Rio Grande Valley
Frequency	102.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Radio Rey 102.9
Programming
Format	Spanish classic hits
Ownership
Owner	Grupo Radio Rey; (Radio Impulsora, S.A.);
History
First air date	December 21, 1960
Former call signs	XERI-AM (1960–2021)
Former frequencies	810 kHz (1960–2021)
Call sign meaning	"Radio Impulsora"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Class	A
ERP	3,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	26°04′14.83″N 98°15′27.87″W / 26.0707861°N 98.2577417°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;

XHRI-FM is a radio station on 102.9 FM in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, known as Radio Rey.

History

XERI-AM 810 received its concession on December 21, 1960. It was a 250-watt daytimer owned by José Francisco Leal Marroquín. Radio Impulsora, S.A., became the concessionaire in 1966. By the 1980s, XERI was broadcasting at night and had doubled its daytime power to 500 watts.

In June 2020, XERI-AM began its AM-FM migration by signing on XHRI-FM 102.9. In October, the station announced its adoption of the Los 40 franchise pop format.

The AM station was turned off in July 2021 after the required year of simulcasting. It dropped the Los 40 format on February 1, 2023, but its operation became sporadic later that year. Correspondence with the Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) revealed that its owner, Antonio Gallegos González, was suffering from a metastatic kidney tumor.^[2] Gallegos died in Texas on December 6, 2023.^[3]

References

^ RPC: Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHRI-FM
^ "Informes estatales de monitoreo y nacional de los requerimientos formulados a los concesionarios de radio y televisión" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comité de Radio y Televisión, Instituto Nacional Electoral. September 26, 2023. p. 26.
^ Quintá Uresti, Rosalía (2023-12-06). "Murió 'Toño' Gallegos, empresario radiofónico en Reynosa" ['Toño' Gallegos, Reynosa radio businessman, dies]. Hoy Tamaulipas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-15.

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 189208 (XERI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
XERI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] RPC: Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHRI-FM

[2] "Informes estatales de monitoreo y nacional de los requerimientos formulados a los concesionarios de radio y televisión" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comité de Radio y Televisión, Instituto Nacional Electoral. September 26, 2023. p. 26.

[3] Quintá Uresti, Rosalía (2023-12-06). "Murió 'Toño' Gallegos, empresario radiofónico en Reynosa" ['Toño' Gallegos, Reynosa radio businessman, dies]. Hoy Tamaulipas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-15.

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v t e Radio stations in Reynosa, Tamaulipas
By AM frequency	590 620 1170 1390 1670
By FM frequency	89.1 90.1 90.9 91.7 93.1 93.7 95.3 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3
By call sign	XEFCR XEFD XEGH XERT XEOR XHAAA XHAVO XHCAO XHEOQ XHRI XHRKS XHRR XHRT XHRYA XHRYS XHSCIK
Defunct	XHRYN 90.5
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