XHUAR-FM

XHUAR-FM
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Mexico;
Broadcast area	Ciudad Juárez; El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Frequency	106.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	Órbita 106.7
Programming
Format	Rock En Español/News
Subchannels	HD2: HD2-Radio México Internacional, La Nueva 710; HD3: Interferencia
Ownership
Owner	Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
History
First air date	July 1, 1986
Former call signs	XHCPDN-FM (2023)
Call sign meaning	From "Juárez"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	109.3 meters (359 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	31°42′22″N 106°29′54″W / 31.70611°N 106.49833°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	XHUAR-FM
Website	http://www.imer.mx/orbita/

XHUAR-FM (106.7 MHz) is a Rock En Español and News radio station licensed to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, owned by IMER (Instituto Mexicano de la Radio), Mexico's public radio network. Like the public radio stations in the United States, IMER presents a variety of discussion and music programs.

XHUAR-FM broadcasts three channels in HD.^[2]

History

XHUAR-FM signed on July 1, 1986, as "Estéreo Norte" with the remit of offering a Mexican alternative to the Americanized media of the area. By the early 1990s it was offering ballad music, which changed to rock in 1993. Meanwhile, speech programs diminished on XHUAR's broadcast day.

In 1996, the station adopted the Órbita name and format then in use on IMER's XHOF-FM in Mexico City. The station went 24 hours in 1999.^[3]

The concession for XHUAR-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 XHCPDN-FM, which was changed back to XHUAR-FM along with those for five other stations whose concessions had lapsed and were reawarded.^[4]