XHCHI-FM

XHCHI-FM is a radio station in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Broadcasting on 97.3 FM, XHCHI is owned by Grupo Imagen and carries its news/talk Imagen Radio format.

For 94.7 FM in Nácori Chico, Sonora, see Radio Sonora.
XHCHI-FM
CityChihuahua, Chihuahua
Frequency97.3 MHz
BrandingImagen Chihuahua
Programming
FormatNews/talk
Ownership
OwnerGrupo Imagen
(GIM Televisión Nacional, S.A. de C.V.[1])
History
First air date
September 26, 1997 (concession)
Former call signs
XHECS-FM (1994-2003)
Call sign meaning
"Chihuahua"
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP30,000 watts[2]
HAAT327.32 m
Links
Websitewww.imagenchihuahua.mx

History

On June 5, 1992, the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation issued a call for bids to build and operate a 50,000-watt commercial radio station at 97.3 MHz in the town of Encinillas, Chihuahua, in the northern part of Chihuahua Municipality, with call sign XHECS-FM.[3] Nine applications were received, and the SCT selected the bid of José Guadalupe Bernal Vázquez, owner of Corporación Bajío Comunicaciones of Celaya, Guanajuato, in 1994.[4] The concession document was issued in September 1997 for a term beginning in October 1994.

On April 3, 2001, the station was sold to Radio Triunfos, S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Multimedios Radio. Similarly, on December 10, 2003, it was authorized to change the call sign to XHCHI-FM. Finally, on April 5, 2005, it was authorized to move the transmitter to the town of Nuevo Sacramento, north of the city of Chihuahua, and lower the power to 30 kW, thus placing the capital city in XHCHI-FM's coverage area.

On April 6, 2006, the station and several other Multimedios-owned radio stations in northern Mexico were sold to Grupo Imagen, which resulted in the station flipping to the Imagen Radio news/talk network.

References
  1. RPC: #54741 Concessionaire Change by Corporate Reorganization — 8 Imagen Stations
  2. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-07-19. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  3. "ACUERDO que declara susceptible de explotarse comercialmente la frecuencia de 97.3 MHz., en Encinillas, Chih". Diario Oficial de la Federación. June 5, 1992. pp. 38–39.
  4. "PRIMERA notificación de la solicitud de concesión para operar comercialmente la frecuencia de 97.3 MHz., de radiodifusión sonora en Encinillas, Chih". Diario Oficial de la Federación. April 4, 1994.


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