Cuaderno En Frecuencia: June 19
Back on the air in Hidalgo; back to nature in Veracruz?; back to the past in Guerrero
New Stations
The May 23 IFT Pleno meeting had a light agenda, but they did work on (presumably) approving two new radio stations:
- San Martín Peras, Oax., PABF 2022, social FM. Our winner is unclear as two applicants filed here, only one of whom was still in the running: Rubi Jazmin Paz Aparicio (October 11) and Amelia Millán Sánchez (October 14). The former is linked to XHSCBX-FM in Santiago Juxtlahuaca.
- Ocampo, Gto., PABF 2023, community FM. This would be for Comunicaciones Guanajuato Norte, A.C.
Back on the Air (Again)
Used parts are putting XHCPDX-FM Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, back into service after equipment damage has kept it from broadcasting since shortly after its first return. Used transmitter parts had to be purchased to get Radio Mezquital back on air for its listeners.
And as for Tlanchinol, there’s still a wait; the facility problems that have prevented XHCPDZ-FM 94.1 from getting going are still a problem, per state radio director Andrés Torres Aguirre.
Back to Nature?
Radiorama might have killed off a dead radio station. Unlike some companies, it will actually shut off concesiones vencidas after a certain time. This happened years ago with XHHHI-FM in Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, which had lost its concession. It may have happened to XHCOV-FM in Poza Rica, Veracruz, which ceased broadcasting Saturday and whose programming was partly scattered to other stations in that Radiorama cluster.
XECOV-AM debuted in 1994 at 790 kHz on the dial and was known as Radio Lobo for more than 20 years. The station moved to FM in 2010 before becoming La Dinámica in 2016. When XHPR-FM of Poza Rica was sold three years ago, Éxtasis Digital moved up the dial from 102.7 to 105.9.
En Frecuencia reported the expiration without renewal of XHCOV’s concession, which ended April 4, 2021, in April 2023. Three other stations were identified at that time as having lost their legal authority to broadcast: Grupo Siete’s XHCME and XHEDT in the State of Mexico and XHDZ-FM Córdoba, Ver.
Back to the Past
La Mejor wasn’t the best for XHIG-FM Iguala, Guerrero. On November 14, it switched from being La Grande de Iguala to the MVS franchise, and on Monday, it rolled back and restored its traditional name.
It’s unclear as to why the station abandoned MVS after just seven months.
