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Radio station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

XHGU-FM
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Mexico

Broadcast area	El Paso, Texas, United States
Frequency	105.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Switch FM
Programming
Format	Spanish Contemporary Hit Radio
Ownership
Owner	MegaRadio México (Radio XHGU-FM, S.A. de C.V.)
Sister stations	XEF, XEJPV, XEWR, XEZOL, XHH-FM
History
First air date	October 17, 1980 (concession)
Call sign meaning	Guillermo O. Huerta Ramírez (original concessionaire)
Technical information
Class	C
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	71.2 meters (234 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	31°42′08.7″N 106°30′20.1″W / 31.702417°N 106.505583°W / 31.702417; -106.505583
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	http://switchfm.mx/jrz/

XHGU-FM (105.9 MHz) is a radio station serving the border towns of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico (its city of license) and El Paso, Texas, United States (where it also maintains a sales office). It is owned by MegaRadio México and carries a pop format known as Switch FM.

XHGU-FM broadcasts in HD.

History

XHGU received its concession on October 17, 1980. It was owned by Guillermo O. Huerta Ramírez and broadcast with an ERP of 23 kW. In July 1982, XHGU was authorized to double its power to 46 kW.

On December 31, 2002, the SCT authorized XHGU to move its transmitter to Ojitos, on Cerro del Indio, with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts.

In 2016, XHGU flipped from its previous Romance romantic format to Switch, MegaRadio's new pop format.

References

Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-25. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones Archived 2015-10-26 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Mexico

v t e Radio stations in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
By AM frequency	640 720 800 860 970 1000 1110 1190 1240 1300 1420 1460 1490 1560
By FM frequency	90.1 98.3 99.1 100.7 103.5 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	100.7-1 100.7-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 105.9-3 106.7-1 106.7-2 106.7-3
By call sign	XECJC XEF XEFV XEJ XEJCC XEJPV XELOVE XEP XEPZ XEROK XEWG XEWR XEYC XEZOL XHEM XHEPR XHGU HD2 HD3 XHH HD2 XHIM XHLOVE XHNZ XHPX XHTO XHUACJ XHUAR HD2 HD3
Nearby regions – Mexico Chihuahua City In-state Chihuahua U.S. El Paso See also List of radio stations in Chihuahua Notes 1. Unbuilt or under construction

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