XHROJ-FM

Radio station in Cancún, Quintana Roo

Grupo Quequi
(Fundación Maya Cancún, A.C.)

History

First air date

February 25, 2010 (permit)
May 24, 2011

Call sign meaning

Sergio ROJ ano SahabTechnical informationERP2.844 kW^[1]LinksWebsitewww.quequi.com.mx

XHROJ-FM is a noncommercial radio station on 104.3 FM in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is known as QFM 104.3.

History

XHFMC-FM received its permit in 2010. The callsign was changed to XHROJ-FM not long after, likely named after Sergio Rojano Sahab, who was listed as the lawyer on the application to change the callsign but has been described as ripping off radio station owners.^[2] From its sign-on on May 24, 2011, to 2012, XHROJ was known as Yaakun FM, with an adult contemporary music format. The station took its name from the Mayan word for "caring".

First Quequi era

On January 7, 2013, XHROJ relaunched under the ownership of Corporativo Quequi, a newspaper publisher in the state, at an event headlined by Governor Roberto Borge Angulo.^[3]

Acustik management

In early 2016, operation transferred from Quequi to a new media group, Grupo Acustik (or Acustik Media). While QFM retained its English classic hits format, Acustik relocated its operations to the Plaza Península and also launched a commercial pirate station, Acustik 95.3. Acustik also began a process of national expansion, winning 32 radio stations in the IFT-4 auction of 2017^[4] In early 2018, programming on QFM included Acustik Noticias Quintana Roo newscasts and a handful of special interest programs.

Return to Quequi

In August 2018, Grupo Quequi retook control of QFM, reinstating its own news programming including a revival of the Qué Pasa en Quintana Roo newscast.^[5] QFM began airing El Heraldo Radio programming on June 1, 2020.^[6]

References

^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-09-11. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
^ Olan, Guillermo (2012-12-20). "Sergio Rojano, abusivo de las comunicaciones". Quequi. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
^ Cedillo, Clicerio (2013-01-07). "Crece aún más el Corporativo Quequi". Quequi. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
^ Mendoza Mociño, Arturo (20 February 2017). "Expande Acustik sus "ondas paradisiacas"". Luces del Siglo. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ Bello Guadarrama, Héctor (2018-08-20). "Se reinventa 'Qué Pasa en Quintana Roo'". Quequi. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
^ "Alianza con Heraldo Radio es una gran oportunidad para Quintana Roo: Odalis Gómez". El Heraldo de México (in Mexican Spanish). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2020-06-05.