XHCHZ-FM is a radio station in
Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas
Chiapa de Corzo () is a small city and municipality situated in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Located in the Grijalva River valley of the Chiapas highlands, Chiapa de Corzo lies some 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east ...
,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. Broadcasting on 107.9 FM, XHCHZ-FM is owned by the
Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
The Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (IMER; English: "Mexican Radio Institute") is a Mexican public broadcaster.
It was founded in 1983 as a companion to the public TV broadcaster Imevisión, since privatized and known as TV Azteca. When Imevisió ...
and broadcasts a music and information format under the name "Radio Lagarto".
History
In the mid-1980s, an accord between IMER and the government of Chiapas led to the establishment of three new IMER stations:
XERA-AM
XERA is a radio station in Mexico, broadcasting on 760 AM in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The station's callsign was most famous for its use on a border blaster at Villa Acuña, Coahuila.
XERA also broadcasts on FM at 101.5 ...
in
San Cristóbal de las Casas,
XECAH-AM in
Cacahoatán
Cacahoatán is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. It covers an area of 173.9 km2. The land of Cocoa. Nahuatl orig.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 43,811, up from 39,033 as of ...
and
XEMIT-AM in
. In 1990, this was split, and XERA stayed with the government of Chiapas while XECAH and XEMIT remained with IMER. As a replacement, XECHZ-AM
1560 took to the air in 1991. XECHZ broadcast with 4.5 kW of power (due to an older transmitter), increasing its power to 20 kW with a new transmitter in 1994.
In 2012, XHCHZ-FM 107.9 was signed on as part of the AM-FM migration campaign currently underway among Mexican radio stations.
XHCHZ broadcasts in
HD Radio
HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology. HD radio generally simulcast, simulcasts an existing analog radio station in digital format with less noise and with additional text information. HD R ...
*''HD2'' is a simulcast of
XEB-AM
XEB-AM (1220 Hertz, kHz, branded as ''La B Grande'') is a public radio, public AM radio, AM radio station in Mexico City. It airs a Spanish-language classic hits radio format, format with music from the 1940s to the 1970s. It has been owned by ...
.
*''HD3'' is a simulcast of
XEQK-AM.
[http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico]
References
{{IMER, CHZ-FM
Radio stations established in 1987
Radio stations in Chiapas