XHIMER-FM
City | Mexico City |
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Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
Frequency | 94.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | Opus 94 |
Programming | |
Format | Classical music |
Ownership | |
Owner | Instituto Mexicano de la Radio |
History | |
First air date | July 4, 1986 |
Call sign meaning | Instituto Mexicano de la Radio |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100 kW[1] |
HAAT | -33.77 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°16′11.0″N 99°13′59.6″W / 19.269722°N 99.233222°W |
Links | |
Webcast | XHIMER-FM |
Website | http://www.imer.mx/opus/ |
XHIMER-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 94.5 FM from a tower on Cerro del Chiquihuite, XHIMER is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a classical music format under the brand name Opus 94.
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 out 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 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.
Format[]
Opus 94 primarily broadcasts classical music. The station broadcasts concerts of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra.
The station broadcasts in HD Radio;[4] this transmission was formally launched on September 17, 2012. Its HD2 signal is co-owned XEB-AM and its HD3 was Jazz Digital, which became silent in mid-2019.
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gabriel Sosa Plata, "La nueva FM para Radio Educación", El Universal 25 June 2013
- ^ XHIMER-FM History
- ^ http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
- HD Radio stations
- Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
- Radio stations established in 1986
- Radio stations in Mexico City