XHSCO-FM is a radio station in
Salina Cruz
Salina Cruz is a major seaport on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is the state's fourth-largest city and is the municipal seat of the Municipalities of Oaxaca, municipality of the sa ...
,
Oaxaca
Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...
,
Mexico
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. Broadcasting on 96.3 FM, XHSCO-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 news and music format under the name "Estéreo Istmo".
XHSCO-FM broadcasts in
HD.
History
In the early 1980s,
PEMEX
Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexico, Mexican State ownership, state-owned Petroleum industry, petroleum corporation managed and operated by the government of Mexico, ...
began exploring the idea of constructing a radio station in the Istmo region, home to many oil facilities, in order to connect the region and the petroleum industry. In 1982, the frequency of 96.3 MHz was assigned, and XHGAS-FM came to air on December 7, 1985 from a transmitter facility located atop a hill within the oil company's facilities. PEMEX programmed 96.3 FM with music for 10 hours a day, but it could not keep the station on air. Longer and longer periods of time off air endangered the station's permit, and in 1987, the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio began operating XHGAS-FM on PEMEX's behalf. IMER changed the station's format to one of news and information, for a region relatively isolated from political and economic centers. In 1989, IMER changed the station's callsign to the current XHSCO-FM and introduced its current branding and format.
XHSCO broadcasts in
HD Radio
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*''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
XEQK-AM is a radio station in Mexico City, Mexico. Broadcasting on 1350 AM, XEQK-AM is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a citizen-sourced talk and music format under the brand name Radio Ciudadana.
History
Origins
The c ...
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[http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico]
References
{{Oaxaca Istmo Radio
Radio stations established in 1990
Radio stations in Oaxaca