UAM Radio
City | Mexico City |
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Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
Branding | UAM Radio |
Slogan | Abierta al tiempo |
Frequency | 94.1 MHz |
First air date | 11 March 2011 |
Format | University cultural |
ERP | .02 kWs[1] |
Class | D |
Transmitter coordinates |
19°23′41.1″N 99°14′00.9″W / 19.394750°N 99.233583°W (XHUAMC/future XHUAM) 19°30′9.7″N 99°11′7.4″W / 19.502694°N 99.185389°W (XHUAMA) 19°21′43″N 99°04′17″W / 19.36194°N 99.07139°W (XHUAMI) 19°17′12.8″N 99°08′14″W / 19.286889°N 99.13722°W (XHUAMR) 19°18′6″N 99°06′10.2″W / 19.30167°N 99.102833°W (XHUAMX) |
Callsign meaning | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (sixth letter represents location of each transmitter) |
Owner | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana |
Webcast | http://uamradio.uam.mx/contenido/cnt/envivo/index.html |
Website | http://uamradio.uam.mx |
UAM Radio is the radio service of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, established in 2011.
Transmitters
UAM Radio broadcasts on 94.1 FM from five 20-watt transmitters at various UAM facilities, each of which is located at a different UAM facility in Mexico City:
- XHUAMR-FM at the General Rectory, which houses the studio facilities
- XHUAMA-FM at the Unidad Azcapotzalco
- XHUAMC-FM at the Unidad Cuajimalpa
- XHUAMI-FM at the Unidad Iztapalapa
- XHUAMX-FM at the Unidad Xochimilco
It is estimated that the transmitter network covered 70% of Mexico City.[2]
The permits for these stations were awarded by Cofetel on January 27, 2010. The network signed on March 11, 2011, bringing the 94.1 FM frequency back to use in Mexico City for the first time since the closure of XHFM-FM in 1957.
In July 2017, the Federal Telecommunications Institute authorized UAM Radio to begin using one transmitter, from the Cuajimalpa site, using the callsign XHUAM-FM and with a power increase to 3,000 watts, expanding reception to eastern portions of the State of Mexico. The university sought the change because its single-frequency network was "not sufficient to provide an efficient FM radio service to Mexico City".[3]
Format
The format is largely cultural in nature. Some programs utilize UAM resources and are produced by departments at the various UAM units.
References
- ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- ↑ "UAM Radio: al aire". Casa del Tiempo 41.IV (March 2011): 7-9.
- ↑ UAM (11 July 2017). "APRUEBA EL IFT MODIFICACIONES EN CARACTERÍSTICAS TÉCNICAS DE OPERACIÓN DE UAM RADIO". Retrieved 12 July 2017.