Radio Universidad (Chihuahua)

XHRU-FM/XHERU-FM

City of license	Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Broadcast area	Chihuahua
Branding	Radio Universidad
Frequency	105.3 and 106.9 MHz
First air date	May 21, 1957 (AM and shortwave) March 25, 2000 (105.3 FM) August 13, 2014 (106.9 FM)
Last air date	1972 (shortwave) August 28, 2015 (AM)
Format	College Radio
ERP	15,000 watts (105.3 FM) 25,000 watts (106.9 FM)^[1]
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Radio Universidad
Former callsigns	XERUU (shortwave, 1957-72); XERU-AM (1957-2013)
Owner	Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua
Webcast	105.3 FM 106.9 FM
Website	ru.uach.mx

'Radio Universidad is the radio service of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in Chihuahua, Chihuahua. It broadcasts on XHRU-FM 105.3 FM and XHERU-FM 106.9 FM.

History

First era of Radio Universidad: 1957-72

The first graduates of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua had not yet graduated when the permit for XERU-AM 1310 kHz was issued on May 21, 1957. Then-rector Luis Raúl Flores Sánchez was one of the important exponents of the cultural radio project. The UACh radio station also received a shortwave counterpart, XERUU at 6140 kHz. The original studios were located in the Fine Arts Building, on what is today Campus 1, while the transmitter tower was on property belonging to the Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua. The two locations were connected by a studio-transmitter link prone to failing in high winds.

Early programming included some initial efforts at distance education, such as the "radio schools" program that saw programs being transmitted over shortwave to small communities without their own schools. Four hours a day, five days a week were devoted to the radioescuelas, while the rest of the station in the 1960s and early 1970s included a wide variety of musical programming. Meanwhile, the transmitter was moved closer to the Fine Arts Building, on land that would later be used to construct the university gym.

In the summer of 1972, a strike at UACh's preparatory unit would lead to the station going off the air and not returning until 1989; the 1972 strike also marked the definitive end of the shortwave service.

Radio Universidad returns: 1989-97

On November 14, 1989, XERU-AM returned to the air after an absence of more than 17 years. Radio Universidad now had new studio facilities in a different building; the transmitter was also relocated. After a forced closure that began in July 1993 and came about due to technical problems and the need to restructure the station's departments, Radio Universidad returned on April 9, 1994 with the slogan "A New Signal for You" (Una Nueva Señal para Tí) and a more modern programming concept.

Into the FM era

In the 1990s, the UACh, understanding that the radio station needed to be modernized, began to seek a permit to operate an FM radio station. The official request for a permit was made in November 1997, and the official permit was issued on September 2, 1998, for XHRU-FM 105.3, with 3 kW ERP. With the permit, the station began to acquire the equipment to put an FM station on the air. The Central Library would house the transmitter, donated through an agreement with the state government. Finally, on March 2000, 105.3 FM came to air with a program schedule that partly simulcast its AM counterpart.

In the late 2000s, the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua solicited authorization to move XERU-AM to the FM band as part of the AM-FM migration scheme. The new FM station would be located on 106.9 FM and bear the XHERU-FM callsign. As part of 60th anniversary celebrations for the university, 106.9 FM came to air on August 13, 2014.^[2] A year later, the AM station was shut down after nearly six decades of service.^[3]

In 2015, UACh obtained a public concession to expand its signal outside of the capital city for the first time, to Ciudad Cuauhtémoc on XHRUC-FM 105.7, with 3 kW ERP.^[4]

Programming

105.3 and 106.9 FM carry separate programming; 1310 repeated 106.9 in its final year of operation. Programming includes university news, cultural programs, and music.

External links

References

Radio Stations in the state of Chihuahua

Chihuahua	XHDI 88.5 XHFA 89.3 XHUA 90.1 XHAHC 90.9 XHBU 91.7 XHEFO 92.5 XHBW 93.3 XHHES 94.1 XHCHH 94.9 XHQD 95.7 XHFI 96.5 XHCHI 97.3 XHRPC 99.3 XHLO 100.9 XHV 101.7 XHES 102.5 XHHEM 103.7 XHCHA 104.5 XHRU 105.3 XHSU 106.1 XHERU 106.9 XEFI 580 XEFA 950 XEDI 1360

Ciudad Camargo	XHEOH 96.1 XHFAMA 97.5 XHCRG 102.9

Ciudad Cuauhtémoc	XHDP 89.7 XHEPL 91.3 XHER 92.9 XHDT 98.3 XHCTC 99.9 XHCDH 104.1 XHRUC 105.7 XEPL 550

Ciudad Delicias	XHHM 90.5 XHDIS 93.7 XHCDS 94.5 XHDCH 95.3 XHACB 98.9 XHBZ 100.5 XHBN 101.3 XHJK 102.1

Ciudad Jimenez	XHJZ 92.9 XHJIM 104.3 XHCJZ 105.1

Ojinaga	XHARE 97.7 XHRCH 100.1 XHONG 100.9 XHOG 101.7 XHHIH 102.5

Parral	XHGD 90.3 XHSB 94.9 XHCPH 96.9 XHJS 98.5 XHHHI 99.3 XHHPC 100.1 XHEAT 102.5 XHEHB 107.1 XHDAB 107.9 XEHB 730

Other Areas	XHTX 90.5 XHESW 96.1 XHSBT 99.5 XHNVG 104.9 XETX 540 XETAR 870 XESW 970

Defunct	XEBU 620 XEHHI 640 XEACB 660 XEFO 680 XEGD 700 XEDP 710 XEOH 750 XEES 760 XERPC 790 XESB 810 XEM 850 XEV 880 XEDT 900 XEQD 920 XEFAMA 960 XEJK 980 XEER 990 XEHPC 1000 XELO 1010 XEHES 1040 XEJS 1150 XEDCH 1180 XEBN 1240 XEAT 1250 XEOG 1260 XEBW 1280 XERU 1310 XERCH 1340 XEARE 1450 XEHM 1480 XEBZ 1590

Mexico Radio Markets Aguascalientes Baja California Baja California Sur Campeche Chihuahua Chiapas Ciudad Acuña, Coah. Ciudad Juárez, Chih. Coahuila Colima Durango Guadalajara Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco Comarca Lagunera Mexicali Mexico City Estado de México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Nogales, Son. Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. Nuevo León Oaxaca Piedras Negras, Coah. Puebla Quintana Roo Querétaro Reynosa, Tamps. San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tijuana, BC Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas See also Radio stations in Mexico (Source: Radio Station World - Chihuahua, Mexico area)

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