XHCA-FM

XHCA-FM is a noncommercial radio station in Lagunas, Oaxaca. It is owned by Cemento Cruz Azul, the largest employer in Lagunas, and broadcasts a general news and music format known as Azul FM.

XHCA-FM
CityLagunas, Oaxaca, Mexico
Frequency103.9 FM
BrandingAzul FM
Programming
FormatFull-service
Ownership
OwnerCemento Cruz Azul
(Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, A.C.)
History
First air dateMay 16, 1988 (permit)
Call sign meaningCruz Azul
Technical information
ClassB1
ERP3 kW[1]
HAAT313.6 m
Transmitter coordinates16°44′32.2″N 95°5′28.8″W

History

XHCA originated as a concept in 1986 to provide information and entertainment to the workers in the three shifts at the Cruz Azul cement plant in Lagunas. It was permitted in 1988 with an effective radiated power of 20 watts. The station is one of several set up by employers in small Mexican towns in the 1970s and 1980s: XHSCO-FM in Salina Cruz was originally owned by PEMEX, while XELAC-AM in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán was created with the construction of the SICARTSA iron and steel mill.

Originally known as Estéreo Amistad, XHCA was run by four members of the cooperative, while the station's air staff also were company employees.[2]

In 1999, the station increased its effective radiated power to 3,000 watts from a tower atop Cerro Palma Sola, the region's primary broadcast site. This gives the station a much larger coverage area than Lagunas, reaching as far south as Salina Cruz and including small portions of Veracruz and Chiapas.

Programming includes a variety of music, news, and specialty social and educational programs.[2]

gollark: Except in Scotland, where you apply to a department and have more flexibility but also an extra year in university.
gollark: That is also not how universities here work. You apply to a course, and do that, and can maybe transfer but it's hard.
gollark: I am not in "America". We do A-levels here.
gollark: I have a rough idea. I don't know enough to narrow it down beyond physics/maths/CS/engineering.
gollark: I do university applications in about 5 months and haven't decided on anything yet. What joy.

References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-07-16. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. López, Marisol (1 March 2019). "La responsabilidad social se pinta de Azul FM". ExpoK. Retrieved 3 March 2019.


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