XEUN-FM
Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
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Frequency | 96.1 FM |
Branding | Radio UNAM |
Programming | |
Format | University cultural (music) |
Ownership | |
Owner | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
XEUN-AM 860, XHUNAM-TDT 20 | |
History | |
First air date | July 16, 1959 |
Call sign meaning | First two letters of UNAM |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100 kW[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°16′9.1″N 99°12′23.7″W / 19.269194°N 99.206583°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
XEUN-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 96.1 FM, XEUN-FM is owned by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a sister to XEUN-AM 860 and XHUNAM-TDT 20.
History
[edit]XEUN-FM signed on July 16, 1959, from a transmitter located on the Torre Rectoría (Rectory Tower), broadcasting with 1 kW of power.[2]
XEUN-FM's power was increased to 50 kW when the station moved to new facilities in 1976.
In 1992, the FM station moved to a new tower in Ajusco, on land that had been donated to UNAM in 1986 by the government of the Federal District; the move decreased the station's power to 35 kW, which then increased to its current 100 kW with another new transmitter in 1995.
Programming
[edit]XEUN-FM split from its AM simulcast upon the 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.
On March 25, 2020, as a contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Radio UNAM began simulcasting its FM programming on AM until further notice.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2014-12-16. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- ^ Radio UNAM History Archived December 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Radio UNAM post on Facebook, March 24, 2020