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{{short description|English-language contemporary hit radio station in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = XHTO-FM
| logo = XHTO 104.3HITfm logo.png
| city = [[Ciudad Juárez]], Chihuahua
| country = MX
| airdate = {{start date and age|1968}}
| frequency = 104.3 [[MHz]]
| area = [[El Paso metropolitan area]]
| format    = [[English language|English]] [[contemporary hit radio]]
| erp       = 28,710 watts{{mexico-inf|FM|access-date=2015-06-25}}
| branding = 104.3 HITfm
| haat = {{convert|105.9|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| class = C1
| owner = [[Grupo Radiorama|Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones]]
| licensee = Frecuencia Modulada de Ciudad Juárez, S.A. de C.V.
| website = {{URL|hitfmradio.com}}
}}
'''XHTO-FM''' (104.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]] "104.3 HITfm") is a radio station in [[Ciudad Juárez]], Chihuahua, Mexico. It broadcasts an English-language [[contemporary hit radio]] format for Ciudad Juárez and the nearby [[El Paso metropolitan area]]. It is owned by Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones with studios in El Paso and a transmitter in Ciudad Juárez.

==History==
XHTO was originally owned by Joaquín Vargas Gómez, founder of [[MVS Radio]].  In 1977, the station was transferred to Frecuencia Modulada de Ciudad Juárez, S.A., which was later sold to [[Grupo Radiorama]]. Sometime in the 2000s, [[Grupo Radio México]] took control of XHTO-FM from Radiorama, which holds its concession. In 2015, the merger of Grupo Radio México into co-owned [[Grupo Radio Centro]] resulted in GRC taking control of XHTO.

XHTO, which originally was an English adult contemporary outlet as Stereorey under Joaquín Vargas Gómez, changed to a Spanish contemporary outlet under Radiorama, and then to an English-language top 40/contemporary hit radio (CHR) format under Grupo Radio México in 2001. By 2003, it shifted directions to [[rhythmic contemporary]] music to compete directly against [[KPRR]]. As of September 2013, the station returned to a mainstream CHR presentation, albeit still featuring a dance/rhythmic lean, and reports to [[Mediabase]] as a mainstream Top 40. Grupo Radio México was rolled into [[Grupo Radio Centro]], and still later Grupo Audiorama Comunicaciones took direct ownership.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.hitfmradio.com}}

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{{El Paso Radio}}
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[[Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in Mexico]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Chihuahua]]
[[Category:Mass media in Ciudad Juárez]]
[[Category:Mass media in El Paso, Texas]]


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