XEARZ-AM
{{short description|Radio station in Mexico City}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = XEARZ-AM
| logo =
| city = Mexico City
| country = MX
| area = Greater Mexico City
| branding = ZER Radio
| frequency = 1320 AM
| airdate = {{Start date and age|2012|4}}{{Cite web|url=http://entre-ondas.blogspot.com/2012/04/nueva-emisora-de-am-en-1650-khz.html|title=*** ENTRE ONDAS ***: Nueva emisora de AM en 1650 KHZ|date=28 April 2012}}
| format = Easy Listening Instrumental Music
| power = 5 kW
| class = B
| coordinates = {{coord|19|26|32.6|N|99|10|05.5|W}}
| callsign_meaning = Initials of concessionaire
| owner = Grupo Radiofónico ZER
| licensee = Arnoldo Rodríguez Zermeño
| former_frequencies = 1650 kHz (2012–2021)
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://cast.zuperdns.net/8032/stream}}
| website = {{URL|1=https://grupozer.mx/portada.php?id=200|2=grupozer.mx}}
}}
XEARZ-AM (1320 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Mexico City. It airs an easy listening instrumental music format, under the name "ZER Radio." The station is owned by Arnoldo Rodríguez Zermeño, the head of Grupo Radiofónico ZER.
XEARZ is powered at 5,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. The transmitter is on Calle Zopaltzin in the Granada neighborhood of Mexico City.[https://fccdata.org/?call=xearz&ccode=6&country=MX&lang=en&city= FCCdata.org/XEARZ-AM]
History
XEARZ-AM received its permit to operate with 5,000 watts on 1650 kHz on November 30, 2011, though Zermeño had been pursuing it since 2004.[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/0902526480037ac7.pdf Permit for XEARZ-AM] After construction and tests, XEARZ-AM signed on the air in {{Start date and age|2012|4}}.
It is the newest of Mexico City's AM radio stations, likely because its original home was on the AM expanded band. AM Stations between 1610 and 1700 were not available until the 1990s.
Zermeño owns stations in the states of Aguascalientes, Colima, Jalisco, Sonora and Zacatecas in addition to XEARZ-AM.
In April 2021, the Federal Telecommunications Institute ordered XEARZ to move to 1320 kHz. The frequency had become open due to the closure of XENET-AM (whose concession expired in 2016). The IFT required the move because the AM expanded band was reserved in 2014 for new community and indigenous stations. Existing stations above 1600 kHz were asked to move off the band where feasible.{{cite web|url=https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/45166_220425234333_9500.pdf|title=P/IFT/240321/130 Frequency Change Order — XEARZ-AM|date=March 24, 2021|publisher=Federal Telecommunications Institute, Public Registry of Concessions|access-date=May 1, 2022}} The station relocated to 1320 kHz in October 2021.