XHIMER-FM
Frequency94.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingOpus 94
Programming
FormatClassical music
Ownership
OwnerInstituto Mexicano de la Radio
History
First air date
July 4, 1986
Former call signs
XHCPDO-FM (2023)
Technical information
ClassC1
ERP100 kW[1]
HAAT-33.77 m
Transmitter coordinates
19°16′11.0″N 99°13′59.6″W / 19.269722°N 99.233222°W / 19.269722; -99.233222
Links
WebcastXHIMER-FM
Websiteimer.mx/opus/

Opus 94 (94.5 FM, call sign XHIMER-FM) is a classical music radio station in Mexico City. It is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER) and broadcasts from a tower on Cerro del Chiquihuite.

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 XHIMER-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.

The concession for XHIMER-FM lapsed effective April 13, 2023, due to failure to file a timely renewal. The Federal Telecommunications Institute granted a new concession, which initially bore the template call sign XHCPDO-FM, which was changed back to XHIMER-FM along with those for five other stations whose concessions were lapsed and reawarded.[4]

Format

Opus 94 primarily broadcasts classical music. The station broadcasts concerts of the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra.

The station broadcasts in HD Radio;[5] 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

  1. 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.
  2. Sosa Plata, Gabriel (25 June 2013). "La nueva FM para Radio Educación". El Universal (in Spanish).
  3. XHIMER-FM History
  4. "DÉCIMO INFORME MENSUAL DE ACTUALIZACIÓN AL CATÁLOGO NACIONAL DE ESTACIONES DE RADIO Y CANALES DE TELEVISIÓN" [Tenth Monthly Report of Update to the National Catalog of Radio Stations and TV Channels] (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional Electoral. October 27, 2023.
  5. http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
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