Its current president is broadcast lawyer José Antonio García Herrera, who has headed the organization since 2021.
[2] The relationship proved critical for broadcasters who, because of World War II, could not obtain parts for their equipment from American suppliers;[3] Azcárraga's connections to RCA Victor made it possible for small stations to obtain parts by way of affiliating with his Radio Programas de México.
[4] Likewise, it opposed the Federal Telecommunications Institute's decision to auction new radio and TV stations in 2016.
The organization changed its name and formally began including television broadcasters in 1970 after an internal restructuring.
[2] In 2017, the National Radio and Television Week was not held that November, the first such cancellation in the event's history, as a result of the two earthquakes that had struck the country that September.