XHIMER-FM

Last updated
XHIMER-FM
Frequency 94.5 MHz
BrandingOpus 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 meters (−110.8 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 19°16′11.0″N99°13′59.6″W / 19.269722°N 99.233222°W / 19.269722; -99.233222
Links
Webcast XHIMER-FM
Website imer.mx/opus/

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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History

In 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

Opus 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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Acerca de Opus – Opus 94, 94.5 FM".
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
  6. ↑ "Crisis en la radio pública mexicana: estaciones sin locutores y renuncias bajo protesta sacuden al IMER". infobae. June 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Muñiz, Nora (June 26, 2019). "Cortes presupuestales del IMER cancelan 4 emisoras: ¿qué está pasando en la radio pública?". Plumas Atómicas.
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