Radio stations from Cuernavaca, Morelos

Cuernavaca has been called the city of eternal spring, and its radio dial is just as warm. For anyone from Morelos living in the US — or for second-generation listeners who grew up with their parents' stations playing in the kitchen — the city's 15 live stations in our catalog are a direct line back home.

This guide walks through the real story of Cuernavaca radio as told by its stations, the ones to know today, what genres dominate the dial, how to listen from the United States, and which nearby radio cities are worth exploring next.

A dial shaped by Morelos and Mexico City

Cuernavaca sits less than an hour and a half from Mexico City, and its radio market has always lived in that orbit. National groups like MVS Radio, Radiorama and Televisa Radio (today Radiópolis) all have a presence here, but the stations themselves carry deeply local histories — concessions granted decades ago, owners who held them for a lifetime, and formats that changed hands as Mexico's radio industry consolidated.

Three of those histories stand out, and they tell the story of the whole dial.

XHCT-FM 95.7: from local concession to Exa FM

The station we know today as EXA FM 95.7 received its concession on November 25, 1971, when it belonged to Pedro Antonio Calleja Tuero. In 1983, MVS Radio acquired it through the concessionaire Frecuencia Modulada de Cuernavaca, and that company was later consolidated, along with other MVS concessionaires, into Stereorey México.

Under MVS, the station carried the romantic FM Globo format — a sound many parents and abuelos remember fondly. In 2000, FM Globo was replaced nationwide by Exa FM, the youth pop format the station still carries today on 95.7 Exa FM.

If you grew up with baladas on FM Globo and then watched your younger cousins switch to Exa's pop hits, this one station lived both eras.

XHTB-FM 93.3: a format that keeps reinventing itself

ARROBA FM 93.3 (XHTB-FM) received its concession on February 8, 1973, originally owned by Carlos Tenorio Benítez, transmitting on 105.9 MHz with just under 2 kW of power. By the 1990s the station had moved to 93.3 with 23 kW, later reduced to 10 kW in 1998.

Its format history is a mini-history of Mexican radio itself. In the early 2000s it carried the Extasis Digital rock format — the same brand you'll still find today at EXTASIS DIGITAL 107.7. In 2011, XHTB swapped formats with XHNG-FM, and in 2017 it moved from Los 40 to @FM, owned by Grupo Radiorama. That's why today you may find the same 93.3 frequency listed as 93.3 Arroba FM, @FM, or even 93.3 Play FM and PLAY FM 93.3 in older listings — names and formats moved around the dial for years.

XHCMR-FM 105.3: the grupera survivor

La Ke Buena Cuernavaca 105.3 actually transmits from Cuautla, in the eastern part of Morelos, but serves Cuernavaca as well. Its concession dates to October 15, 1987, and it belonged to Jaime Morales Guillén until his death, when it passed to its current concessionaire. Today it is operated by Grupo Mundo Comunicaciones.

For years it was known as Estéreo Latina, operated by Grupo Stereo Mundo until 2009, when Grupo Radiorama took over operations with the Ke Buena grupero format from Televisa Radio. When the Radiorama family split in 2013 — creating Grupo Radiorama and Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones — Ke Buena moved to another frequency and the station became Capital FM with a pop format. On June 8, 2020, XHCMR was one of seven stations to launch the new adult-hits network Lokura FM. Then in January 2024, it dropped that network and returned to Ke Buena, now managed by Corporativo Radiológico, owner of XHTIX-FM 100.1 — the frequency associated with W RADIO 100.1 and VOX FM Radio Hits 100.1.

The lesson of these three histories: if you left Cuernavaca years ago, the frequency you remember may carry a completely different station today. Search by name as well as number.

The stations to know today

Based on listening habits in our directory, these are the Cuernavaca stations people return to most:

• EXTASIS DIGITAL 107.7 — rock and rock en español, a Cuernavaca favorite
• La Ke Buena Cuernavaca 105.3 — grupera and regional Mexican music
• ARROBA FM 93.3 and @FM — youth pop
• EXA FM 95.7 — pop hits from MVS
• VOX FM Radio Hits 100.1 — hits and talk from the 100.1 frequency
• El Adolfo Radio 91.9 FM — a local favorite
• La 99 fm Cuernavaca — another strong local option

What the city listens to: genres on the dial

Cuernavaca's 15 stations break down into a clear picture of what the city loves:

• Pop Latino and hits — 12 stations, the heart of the dial. See Pop Latino.
• Rock en español — 9 stations, a remarkably strong presence for a mid-sized city. Explore Rock en Español.
• Clásicos y retro — 7 stations spinning the classics. Browse Clásicos.
• Regional Mexicano — 2 stations, led by La Ke Buena. See Regional Mexicano.
• News and talk — 1 station, the W RADIO 100.1 connection. Browse Noticias.
• Sports — 1 station for the futbol faithful. See Deportes.

That rock count is worth noticing. Few cities of this size carry nine rock en español stations, and it reflects both Cuernavaca's university population and its proximity to Mexico City's rock scene.

When to listen

Most Cuernavaca stations follow the standard Mexican radio day: morning shows (locally, and nationally on W Radio) run roughly 6 to 10 am, drive-time hits carry the afternoon, and evening brings more music-focused programming. Ke Buena's grupera programming runs strong all day, especially weekends when families are together — the classic Sunday soundtrack of carne asada.

For news from home, catch the W Radio morning programming; for music, any hour works.

How to listen from the US

Every station listed above streams live through Radio en Vivo. Just open the station page and press play — no apps, no registration.

A few practical tips:

• Bookmark your station page. With names and frequencies having shifted over the years, the station page is more reliable than remembering "93.3" or "100.1."
• Check the schedule against local time. Morning shows in Cuernavaca start early for US listeners on the West Coast (see below).
• Use the genre pages. If you just want rock or just want pop, the genre links above filter the city for you.

The time difference

Morelos follows Central Time — the same zone as Chicago, Dallas and Houston, and one hour ahead of Denver and two ahead of Los Angeles.

• From Central Time cities: no difference. A 7 am show in Cuernavaca is 7 am for you.
• From the East Coast: you're one hour ahead, so morning shows start an hour "later" your time.
• From Mountain Time: shows are one hour ahead; Pacific Time, two hours ahead.

That means West Coast listeners catch Cuernavaca's morning drive at 4 or 5 am — better to sleep in and catch the afternoon programming, which lands mid-morning for you.

Nearby radio cities to explore

Part of the joy of internet radio is wandering. If you love Mexican radio, these regional dials are worth a click:

• Mexico City — the giant, with 350 stations. If it broadcasts in Mexico, it probably has a home here.
• Guadalajara — 59 stations from Mexico's second great radio market.
• Monterrey — 52 stations with a norteño flavor all its own.
• Sinaloa — 67 stations, home turf of banda music.
• Veracruz — 44 stations from the Gulf coast.
• Chihuahua — 54 stations from the north.
• Jalisco — 54 stations beyond Guadalajara.
• Nuevo León — 41 stations beyond Monterrey.

Or start from the full country page at Mexico.

Finding your station, even when the dial changes

Cuernavaca's radio history is a story of change: formats swapped between frequencies, family concessions passing to new hands, national networks arriving and departing. XHTB went from romantic formats to rock to Los 40 to @FM. XHCMR went from Estéreo Latina to Ke Buena to Capital FM to Lokura and back to Ke Buena. XHCT went from FM Globo's baladas to Exa's pop.

So if you tune in expecting the station you remember from your childhood and hear something different, you're not on the wrong stream — the dial simply moved on. Search by station name in our directory, or browse the city list, and you'll find what Cuernavaca sounds like right now: pop hits, loud guitars, grupera classics, and the same eternal spring energy, streaming straight to wherever you are.