Radio stations from Guerrero

Radio from Guerrero carries a particular flavor: the brass of banda drifting over Acapulco Bay, news talk in Chilpancingo, grupera bouncing through the hills around Taxco. For the Guerrero diaspora in the United States, tuning back in is a way of keeping one foot in the state's rhythm. This guide walks through how local radio grew here, which stations matter today, and how to listen live from anywhere in the US.

A State That Listens Loud

Guerrero is one of Mexico's most radio-rich states relative to its size, and its broadcast history mirrors the state's geography: stations cluster in the port city of Acapulco, the capital Chilpancingo, and the inland silver-town region around Taxco and Iguala. Each pocket developed its own dial personality.

In our catalog you'll find 22 live stations from Guerrero, spread across those three zones. That's a modest number compared to Mexico City with 350 stations or even Guadalajara with 59, but what Guerrero's dial lacks in size it makes up for in character. Many of these stations are franchise outlets of big national networks — Ke Buena, Los 40, W Radio, Radio Fórmula — with local advertising, local news breaks, and local personalities stitched in between.

The Story of Guerrero Radio, Told Through Four Stations

If you want to understand how local radio in Guerrero evolved, you can trace it through a handful of stations whose ownership changes tell the story of Mexican broadcasting itself: family founders, regional groups, consolidation, AM-to-FM migration, and the recent wave of national franchise deals.

The oldest thread: from XEXC-AM to La Kebuena Taxco

The deepest roots in our catalog belong to Taxco. La Kebuena Taxco 96.1 FM, known on paper as XHXC-FM, began life as XEXC-AM, which received its concession in 1959. It was founded by Benito García Aceves and transmitted on 1270 kHz, soon moving to 1480. This was radio as a family enterprise — the model that dominated mid-century Mexico.

The station changed hands repeatedly as that model gave way to group ownership. In 1996 it was sold to Rosalinda Bustamante Sosa, who in 2002 sold it to Super Mil de Guerrero, S.A. de C.V. By then XEXC had moved to 960 kHz and carried a grupera format called La Más Perrona. In 2008, Super Mil sold it to ABC Radio, and in 2011 the station migrated from AM to FM, landing at 96.1 MHz.

The final chapter is the modern one. In 2021, NTR Medios de Comunicación acquired the ABC Radio group from Organización Editorial Mexicana. Then, on April 24, 2023, as part of a national alliance between NTR and Radiópolis, 22 NTR stations adopted Radiópolis franchise formats — and XHXC-FM became La Ke Buena, broadcasting the grupero brand that dominates regional Mexican radio across the country. Taxco listeners who remember La Más Perrona on AM are now hearing a national grupera feed on FM, with local windows in between.

Acapulco's pop dial: the Los 40 story

Acapulco's FM band grew up in the 1990s. Los40 Acapulco 102.3 FM, XHAGE-FM, received its concession on January 29, 1993, originally owned by Carlos Manuel Flores y Álvarez before being sold to Grupo ACIR. In 1996 it launched as "Star Mix," an adult contemporary format, and on September 2, 1999, it became simply "Mix." For a quarter century, Mix was part of the sound of Acapulco — beach pop, baladas, and the occasional English-language hit.

That era ended on April 8, 2024, when Grupo ACIR stopped operating its formats in the Acapulco market. Less than a month later, on May 2, 2024, ACIR's three Acapulco stations (XHMAR, XHBB and XHAGE) were leased to a new operator, Grupo Radio Cañón, and XHAGE adopted the Los 40 format from Radiópolis. Interestingly, Los 40 was not new to Acapulco — it had previously been heard on XHCI-FM 104.7 and on XHACD-FM 92.1/XEACD-AM 550, all Grupo Radiorama stations. The brand left and came back on a different frequency.

News radio arrives: Radio Fórmula in Acapulco

Talk and news radio came to Guerrero's second-largest market around the same time. Radio Fórmula Guerrero 105.5 FM is a combo station (XHAGR-FM 105.5 paired with XEAGR-AM 810) that received its first concession on January 25, 1994 as XEAGR, owned by Radio Creatividad, S.A., a Radiorama subsidiary. The FM combo at 105.5 was authorized that November. In 2000, Radio Fórmula bought the station outright, connecting Acapulco permanently to one of Mexico's major news and talk networks — the same programming that many Guerrero natives in the US already know from Radio Fórmula's national reach.

Chilpancingo and the W Radio chapter

The capital's story follows the same arc. W Radio Chilpancingo 105.1 FM, XHEZUM-FM, began as XEZUM-AM 1050, a daytime-only station owned by Francisco Alejandro Wong, first concessioned in 1993. Daytime-only AM was common for smaller state capitals — the signal literally went quiet at night.

In 2010 the station was sold to Organización Editorial Mexicana, and the following year it was approved to migrate to the FM band, where it landed at 105.1. Then came the same sequence as Taxco: NTR bought the ABC Radio chain from OEM in April 2021, and on April 24, 2023, XHEZUM began carrying W Radio's news-and-talk programming as part of that same 22-station NTR–Radiópolis deal. Two cities, one agreement, one date.

Put together, these four stations tell you everything about the pattern: local founders in the 1950s and 1990s, consolidation into regional groups, migration from AM to FM, and finally national franchise branding — with local identity surviving in the gaps.

The Stations to Know Today

If you're from Guerrero and want to rebuild your dial, these are the most-listened stations in our catalog right now:

• Buenisiima Acapulco — grupera and regional Mexican, consistently among the top listens from the state.
• La Mejor Acapulco — another grupera heavyweight, the banda and norteño companion for many households.
• La Bestia Grupera Chilpancingo — the capital's grupera option.
• SUPER Chilpancingo and SUPER Acapulco — variety programming with strong local followings.
• Vida Acapulco and Voces Acapulco — Acapulco staples that round out the local dial.
• La Más Buena Taxco — regional Mexican for the northern part of the state.
• Radio UAGro — the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero's station, a public-radio alternative with cultural and educational programming.
• La Ke Buena 93.9 Iguala — the grupera franchise's outlet in Iguala, sibling to the Taxco station.
• Radio Fórmula Guerrero 96.1 Acapulco — a second Radio Fórmula outlet in the port.
• W Radio Chilpancingo 105.1 FM and Los40 Acapulco 102.3 FM — for news/talk and pop respectively, as covered above.

One practical note: some stations appear more than once in the catalog under slightly different stream entries (for example, Vida and Voces each have multiple Acapulco listings). If one stream buffer-stutters, try the alternate entry — they often point to different servers.

What You'll Hear: Genres on the Guerrero Dial

The genre mix in Guerrero tells you who's listening. Here's how it breaks down in our catalog:

• Pop Latino and hits — 9 stations, the largest single category. Between Los 40 and the various variety outlets, chart music rules.
• News and talk — 6 stations, powered by Radio Fórmula and W Radio.
• Rock en Español, regional Mexican, electronic and banda — 4 stations each. If you want tambora and banda sinaloense, Acapulco delivers.
• Tropical and romantic baladas — 3 stations each, for cumbia, salsa hours, and slow-dance dedications.

A typical listening day: morning news and talk on Radio Fórmula or W Radio, midday grupera and banda at full volume, afternoon pop on Los 40, and evening baladas or a request show. Weekends tilt heavily toward regional Mexican and banda.

How to Listen from the US

Everything in the Guerrero catalog streams live, so distance doesn't matter — but timing does.

Guerrero stays on Central Standard Time year-round. Most of Guerrero does not observe daylight saving time (Mexico abolished the summer clock change for most of the country), while US states that do observe DST shift around it. In practice:

• During US daylight saving time (roughly March to November), Guerrero is one hour behind US Central Time. A show that airs at 7:00 AM in Acapulco starts at 8:00 AM in Chicago or Dallas.
• The rest of the year, Guerrero matches US Central Time exactly, and is two hours behind the US East Coast.

For talk radio fans, this matters most: W Radio and Radio Fórmula morning programs are worth catching live, and knowing the offset means you won't tune in an hour late. Music stations are forgiving — banda doesn't care what time it is.

Beyond Guerrero: Nearby Dials to Explore

If you've exhausted the Guerrero catalog, neighboring regions in our directory offer natural next steps. Sinaloa has 67 stations and is the homeland of banda itself. Veracruz, with 44 stations, brings son jarocho and tropical sounds. Chihuahua and Monterrey offer northern dials, while Jalisco and its capital round out the center-west. And for the full national picture, browse all of Mexico.

Quick Tips for Finding Your Station

• Search by city name first (Acapulco, Chilpancingo, Taxco, Iguala) — that's how the Guerrero dial is organized geographically.
• If your station's stream drops, check for a duplicate entry; several Acapulco stations have multiple stream URLs.
• Bookmark your two or three favorites. Stations in Guerrero occasionally change format (as the Los 40 and Ke Buena stories show), so the brand you remember may now live at a different spot on the dial.

Whether it's La Mejor on a Sunday morning or Los 40 on a Friday night, the Guerrero dial is live and waiting — no matter how far from the bay you are.