Mexico Radio Live — Free Online Stations

For decades, one Mexican station opened its broadcasts with a slogan that described a whole continent: "XEW, the voice of Latin America from Mexico." Mexican radio did not only entertain Mexicans; it exported songs, stars and radio dramas across the Spanish-speaking world. That reach still shows when people search for Mexican radio live or radio México en vivo.

October 1921: a young engineer in Monterrey

In October 1921 Constantino de Tárnava, a young engineer and radio amateur, began transmissions in Monterrey from a station he called TND. He is remembered as the pioneer of Mexican radio, and the station he started later became XEH. In Mexico City, stations such as CYL and CYB, later XEB, followed in the early 1920s.

18 September 1930: XEW

On 18 September 1930 Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta opened XEW in Mexico City, from the upper floor of the Olimpia cinema. Its powerful signal reached Central and South America, and its radio dramas, live orchestras and ranchera singers turned it into a star factory. Azcárraga's company would later grow into Televisa, one of the largest media groups in the Spanish-speaking world.

The songs of a nation

Radio made boleros, rancheras and música tropical national passions and launched the careers of singers who became icons of Mexican cinema. Radio soap operas were so popular that the format moved almost directly into television.

A dial for every taste

Today large groups such as Grupo Radio Centro, Televisa Radio and others run music, news and talk stations, while regional Mexican music, pop, reggaetón and banda compete for listeners. Community and Indigenous-language stations serve rural regions where radio remains the main source of news.

Across the border

Millions of Mexicans in the United States keep listening to stations from home online, and Mexican formats such as regional Mexican music dominate Spanish-language radio north of the border. Below you can play the Mexican radio stations online we index, free in your browser.