XEUN-AM

XEUN-AM

City of license	Mexico City
Broadcast area	Greater Mexico City
Branding	Radio UNAM
Frequency	860 kHz
First air date	16 July 1959
Format	University cultural
Power	45 kWs day 10 kW night^[1]
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Owner	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Webcast	XEUN-AM
Website	http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/

XEUN-AM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 860 AM, XEUN-AM is owned by the National Autonomous University of Mexico as a sister to XEUN-FM 96.1 and XHUNAM-TDT 20.

History

On June 14, 1937, the Cultural Broadcasting Administration of UNAM was formed, and rector Luis Chico Goerne officially dedicated the facilities of the university's new radio station on Justo Sierra 16 in Mexico City. From 1937 to 1939, the station bore the calls XEXX and was located at 1170 kHz, broadcasting at 5 kW four hours a day; in 1939, the station moved to 860 kHz and took the XEUN calls. At the same time, UNAM shortwave radio signed on, as XEYU 9600 kHz with 1,000 watts of power. With the new frequency came an expansion to seven hours a day, six days a week, with the station off the air for university holidays and on Sundays.^[2]

In 1956, XEUN and XEYU went off the air for five months to permit reconstruction of the AM and shortwave stations. When they returned in October, the new facilities expanded the coverage of what was then known as Radio Universidad to most of the country, while broadcasts now extended to 10 hours a day Monday-Saturday and 12 hours a day on Sundays; the next year, the station would expand its broadcast day again, to 12 hours a day seven days a week. The station's facilities moved in 1958 to the Technical Office Building on the UNAM campus.

XEUN-FM signed on July 16, 1959, from a transmitter located on the Torre Rectoría (Rectory Tower). In 1964, XEUN's transmitter moved again, this time to the Ticomán neighborhood, where power was increased to 45 kW day/25 kW night. This transmitter would be updated in 1994 with a model capable of broadcasting with 50 kWs.

Programming

XEUN-FM split from this station upon the FM transmitter's move to Ajusco in 1992. The division of programming across the two stations is specialized: 96.1 FM's broadcast day is composed of largely music programs, while 860 AM features predominantly speech programs.

References

↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2015-08-14. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
↑ Radio UNAM History

Radio stations in Mexico City

By AM frequency	XEWF 540 XEOC 560 XEPH 590 XENK 620 XEDTL 660 XEN 690 XEMP 710 XEX 730 XEABC 760 XERC 790 XEITE 830 XEUN 860 XEW 900 XEQ 940 XERFR 970 XEOY 1000 XEQR 1030 XEEP 1060 XETUL 1080 XERED 1110 XEJP 1150 XEFR 1180 XEB 1220 XEL 1260 XEDA 1290 XENET 1320 XEQK 1350 XECO 1380 XEBS 1410 XEEST 1440 XEAI 1470 XEDF 1500 XEUR 1530 XEINFO 1560 XEVOZ 1590 XEUACH 1610 XEARZ 1650 XEANAH 1670

By SW frequency	XERTA 4800 XEOI 6010 XEPPM 6185 XEYU 9600

By FM frequency	XHRED 88.1 XHM 88.9 XEOYE 89.7 XEDA 90.5 XHUIA 90.9 XHFAJ 91.3 XHFO 92.1 XEQ 92.9 XEJP 93.7 UAM Radio 94.1 XHIMER 94.5 XHSH 95.3 XHUPC 95.7 XEUN 96.1 XEW 96.9 XERC 97.7 XHDL 98.5 XHPOP 99.3 XHMM 100.1 XHSON 100.9 XEX 101.7 XHMVS 102.5 XERFR 103.3 XEDF 104.1 XHEXA 104.9 XHOF 105.7 XHDFM 106.5 XEQR 107.3 XHIMR 107.9

HD Radio	88.1-1 88.1-2 90.5-1 90.5-2 90.5-3 90.9-1 91.3-1 91.3-2 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 94.5-3 97.7-1 97.7-2 103.3-1 103.3-2 103.3-3 103.3-4 104.1-1 104.1-2 104.1-3 104.1-4 105.7-1 105.7-2 105.7-3 107.3-1 107.3-2 107.9-1 107.9-2 107.9-3

Dark stations/frequencies	XERMX 5985/9705/11770/15430/17765 (Radio México Internacional; now Internet-only) XHFM 94.1

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