XHHCC-FM

XHHCC-FM is a radio station in Hércules, Coahuila, in the municipality of Sierra Mojada. It broadcasts on 97.3 FM and is known as Radio Minera, serving the local mining community. The station is presently broadcasting without a concession.

XHHCC-FM

City	Hércules, Coahuila
Frequency	97.3 MHz
Branding	Radio Minera
Programming
Format	Community radio
Ownership
Owner	Asociación Amiga, A.C.
History
First air date	November 20, 2013
Call sign meaning	Hércules Coahuila
Technical information
ERP	.05 kW[1]
Links
Website	www.facebook.com/pages/Radio-Minera-H%C3%A9rcules/231213367053995

History

XHHCC launched at 1pm on November 20, 2013 with the support of Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA), Minera del Norte (MINOSA) and the local chapter of the mining labor union.[2] It is the first radio station in the isolated mining community.

XHHCC did not appear in the most recent IFT table release, dated March 31, 2016, because it failed to apply to transition to a public or social use concession. Asociación Amiga attempted to apply for a radio station as a community concession; the IFT denied the application on November 27, 2019, because the principals of Amiga did not include actual miners but merely management of the mine.[3] IFT commissioners noted that a pure social station application would likely have been approved.

References

1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-30. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
2. "Inicia transmisiones radiodifusora en el Mineral de Hércules". Infonor. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
3. "Versión estenográfica de la Trigésima Primera Sesión Ordinaria del Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones" (PDF). Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (in Spanish). November 27, 2019. pp. 49–50. Retrieved January 25, 2020.