Fresh Air on Mexico City’s New Commercial FM

This story was originally published on the WTFDA Forums on April 24, 2018. Aire Libre did not start going public until it went on test that August and it formally started up in November. This was a major scoop at the time for En Frecuencia, and it was my largest until the concesiones vencidas saga began. It’s arguably the star story of second-wave migration: the first new, essentially from-scratch, commercial FM station in the capital city in decades. XHINFO-FM 105.3, owned by the Henkel family, came out the winner of the commercial radio lottery for Mexico City’s only available frequency. There’s been hype about the incorporation of <a href="https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/empresas/La-molecula-que-creo-a-Radioactivo-volvera-a-la-CDMX-por-el-105.3-FM-20180326-0052.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">former Radioactivo talent</a>, <a href="http://www.chilango.com/cultura/radioactivo-volvera-en-el-105-3-fm/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">leading to some wildly false headlines</a>, but there’s also been a lot held back. <a href="https://medium.com/en-frecuencia/fresh-air-on-mexico-citys-new-commercial-fm-e068df5afb11">Learn More</a>