XHCUA-FM
City | Campeche, Campeche, Mexico |
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Broadcast area | Campeche |
Branding | Radio Universidad |
Slogan | Frecuencia Universitaria |
Frequency | 90.9 MHz |
First air date | May 13, 1993 |
Format | Mexican college |
Power | 1 kW day / 250 W night[1] |
ERP | 2.67 kW[2] |
Callsign meaning | Campeche Universidad Autónoma |
Owner | Universidad Autónoma de Campeche |
Webcast | Radio Universidad |
XHCUA-FM is a Mexican college radio station owned by the Universidad Autónoma de Campeche.
History
XECUA-AM 1410 came to air on May 13, 1993. It was the successor to XECUC-AM 840 "Radio Casa de la Cultura", a state-run radio station dating to 1981 whose failing equipment and economic problems caused then-governor Jorge Salomón Azar to declare that it "was not meeting the objective for which it had been created".[3] The university had long sought to operate a cultural radio station. In 2000, power was upgraded from 500 to 1,000 watts.[4] During Hurricane Isidore in 2002, XECUA was the only station to remain on the air; after the disaster, Radio Universidad expanded its facilities in order to be able to sustain service during disasters.
The university radio station migrated to FM in 2012 as XHCUA-FM 90.9, though the permit for the AM station is separate and remains valid.
External links
References
- ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "Las radios universitarias: el Sureste", "El Hilo de Ariadna", UADY
- ↑ Jorge del Carmen Pérez Canto, "A 20 años de transmisiones… RADIO UNIVERSIDAD…AVANZA", UAC 7 June 2013