Opus 94

Opus 94 (94.5 FM, call sign XHCPDO-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.

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

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.

On April 13, 2023, as the result of a lapse in renewing the concession for XHIMER-FM, the station began operating on a new concession with new XHCPDO-FM call letters.

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

  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. http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico
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