XHIMER-FM is a radio station in the Mexican capital Mexico City. The station is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER) and broadcasts a classical music format under the brand name Opus 94 from a tower on Cerro del Chiquihuite.
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| Frequency | 94.5 MHz |
| Branding | Opus 94 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classical music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Instituto Mexicano de la Radio |
| History | |
First air date | July 4, 1986 |
Former call signs | XHCPDO-FM (2023) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100 kW[1] |
| HAAT | -33.77 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°16′11.0″N 99°13′59.6″W / 19.269722°N 99.233222°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | XHIMER-FM |
| Website | imer |
History
editIn the 1970s, the Instituto Politécnico Nacional ceded its rights to 94.5 FM to the Secretariat of Public Education so the SEP could move Radio Educación (XEEP-AM) to FM. However, the money was not available for the SEP to build the station, and so the proposal was stalled.[2]
The Opus format began on 710 AM (XEMP) in 1983. That same year, 94.5 FM, the last full-power FM frequency available in Mexico City, was put up to attract noncommercial permits. Several groups — the IPN and IMER among them — jockeyed for the station, with IMER winning. Opus moved to the new 94.5 XHIMER-FM on July 4, 1986, when 50 kW transmissions commenced.[3] The station received authorization for a power boost to 100 kW in 1991, but IMER was not able to install a transmitter capable of outputting 100 kW until 1999.
The concession for XHIMER-FM lapsed effective April 13, 2023, due to failure to file a timely renewal. The Federal Telecommunications Institute granted a new concession, which initially bore the template call sign XHCPDO-FM, which was changed back to XHIMER-FM along with those for five other stations whose concessions were lapsed and reawarded.[4]
Format
editOpus 94 primarily broadcasts classical music. The station broadcasts concerts of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra.
The station used to broadcast in HD Radio;[5] this transmission was formally launched on September 17, 2012. Its HD2 signal was co-owned XEB-AM and its HD3 was Jazz Digital, all of which became silent in early-2020 due to operating costs.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-17. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- ^ Sosa Plata, Gabriel (25 June 2013). "La nueva FM para Radio Educación". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Acerca de Opus – Opus 94, 94.5 FM".
- ^ "DÉCIMO INFORME MENSUAL DE ACTUALIZACIÓN AL CATÁLOGO NACIONAL DE ESTACIONES DE RADIO Y CANALES DE TELEVISIÓN" [Tenth Monthly Report of Update to the National Catalog of Radio Stations and TV Channels] (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional Electoral. October 27, 2023.
- ^ http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
- ^ "Crisis en la radio pública mexicana: estaciones sin locutores y renuncias bajo protesta sacuden al IMER". infobae. June 26, 2019.
- ^ Muñiz, Nora (June 26, 2019). "Cortes presupuestales del IMER cancelan 4 emisoras: ¿qué está pasando en la radio pública?". Plumas Atómicas.