XHMFS-FM is a public radio station on
95.7 FM in Mochicahui,
El Fuerte Municipality
Municipality of El Fuerte is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders th ...
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Sinaloa
Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.
It is located in northwest Mexic ...
, Mexico. It is the radio station of the
Universidad Autónoma Intercultural de Sinaloa (Autonomous Intercultural University of Sinaloa) and broadcasts from studios and transmitter on the university's Mochicahui campus.
History
The Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México (Autonomous Indigenous University of Mexico), as the UAIS was originally known, applied for a radio station permit on May 16, 2012. The IFT approved the station application on January 25, 2017, making the UAIS the first intercultural university in Mexico to operate a radio station.
After more than two years and an investment of more than 3 million pesos in building renovations and transmission equipment,
XHMFS signed on at noon on May 9, 2019.
References
Public radio in Mexico
Indigenous radio stations in Mexico
Radio stations in Sinaloa
Radio stations established in 2019
2019 establishments in Mexico
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