Radio UAS is the radio service of the
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
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. The station broadcasts on AM and FM frequencies, XEUAS-AM 1150 and XHUAS-FM 96.1, in the state capital of
Culiacán
Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both the Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531, by the Spanish conquerors Lázar ...
, and on an FM radio station, XHMSA-FM 102.9, in
Los Mochis
Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population.
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History
XEUAS-AM came on air for the first time on October 8, 1971, on 1330 kHz. In 1988, the station moved to 1150 kHz and increased its power from 1 kW day to 10 kW.
Sensing the need to move to FM for better sound quality and to be competitive, in 1997, the UAS opened an FM radio station as well, XHUAS-FM 96.1. In 2008, the station upgraded to 60 kW effective radiated power, making it the most powerful FM radio station in Sinaloa.
On December 19, 2017, the
Federal Telecommunications Institute
The Federal Telecommunications Institute ( Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL) is an independent government agency of Mexico charged with the regulation of telecommunicat ...
cleared a backlog of radio station applications in the Los Mochis area, one of them belonging to the UAS for an FM radio station there, given the callsign XHMSA-FM and the frequency of 102.9 MHz. Construction on the tower began on May 16, 2018, the 145th anniversary of the university's founding,
and the station launched October 7, 2018, the 47th anniversary of XEUAS signing on. The Los Mochis station will broadcast with 3,000 watts, though it is capable of 10,000.
References
Radio stations in Sinaloa
University radio stations in Mexico
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