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Estadio W is a 100 kW all-sports radio
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...

 station based in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Mexico
Mexico
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. The sports format started in 1999 as "Super Deportiva" on 1180 AM; later, it moved to 830 AM ("Estadio 830") and 590 AM ("Estadio 590"). In 2003 the format settled at XEX and is currently known as Estadio W.

Radio personalities include: Francisco Javier González, Antonio Moreno Zermeño, Jorge Sánchez, Daniel Alberto Brailovsky, Alfredo Ruiz and Eduardo Tréllez.

The motto of the station is: "El único estadio con capacidad para más de 80 millones de aficionados" (The only stadium with a capacity for more than 80 million fans).

During the 1940s, XEX was affiliated with the Mutual Radio Network as its Latin American flagship; its sister stations were also flagship stations of Latin American networks of competing radio networks, XEW-AM
XEW-AM
XEW-AM is a radio station in Mexico City, Mexico. It is branded as W-Radio and its slogan is La voz de la América Latina desde México or "The voice of Latin America from Mexico."It began regular broadcasts at 20:00 CST on 18 September 1930...

 with NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 and XEQ-AM
XEQ-AM
XEQ-AM, also known as Bésame , is a Mexican clear-channel station on 940 kHz and licensed for Mexico City. It is licensed to Cadena Radiodifusora Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. and operated by Radiópilis, a company owned by Televisa Radio and PRISA's Unión Radio.XEQ-AM is licensed domestically in...

 with CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

. All three have been owned by Televisa Radio
Televisa Radio
Televisa Radio is a division of Televisa focused on AM radio and FM radio broadcasting.-List of stations owned by Televisa Radio:*XEW-AM - news, talk *XEW-FM - FM relay of AM station...

 for decades. Starting in the late 1950s, XEX-AM became a Top 40 radio station with the branding of Los 40 Principales; the CHR format and Los 40 Pricipales branding continues on XEX-FM 96.9
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