# XHIPN-FM

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IPN radio station in Mexico City

XHIPN-FM Mexico City Mexico Frequency 95.7 MHz (HD Radio) Branding Radio IPN Programming Language Spanish Format Public/cultural radio Subchannels HD2: Alternative "Polifonia" HD3: World music "Polimania" Ownership Owner Instituto Politécnico Nacional Sister stations Canal Once History First air date 1984 Former call signs XHUPC-FM (1987–2019) Call sign meaning Instituto Politécnico Nacional Technical information Class A ERP 2,000 watts[1] HAAT 504.7 meters (1,656 ft) Transmitter coordinates 19°31′58″N 99°07′50″W / 19.53278°N 99.13056°W / 19.53278; -99.13056 Links Webcast Listen live Website ipn.mx/radio

**XHIPN-FM** (95.7 [MHz](/source/Hertz)), known as **Radio IPN**, is the [radio station](/source/Radio_broadcasting) of the [Instituto Politécnico Nacional](/source/Instituto_Polit%C3%A9cnico_Nacional) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). The studios are located at the IPN's Allende Continuing Education Center; the transmitter is located atop [Cerro del Chiquihuite](/source/Cerro_del_Chiquihuite).

XHIPN-FM broadcasts in [HD](/source/HD_Radio).[2]

## History

Radio IPN traces its roots to 1984, when it was conceived as a teaching and instructional tool for students in the communications and electrical engineering programs. At that time, the IPN applied to the [SCT](/source/Secretariat_of_Communications_and_Transport_(Mexico)) in order to obtain a permit for the station and to begin intermittent operations on 95.7 MHz, which was issued on February 25, 1987. Located at the Unidad Profesional Culhuacán—later the Superior School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ESIME) Culhuacán—it was given the call letters XHUPC-FM.

On September 5, 1994, XHUPC began offering regular programming 13 hours a day, five days a week. The station was known as "El Politécnico en Radio". In 1995, it added weekend programs, and 1997 saw XHUPC move to 24-hour operation.

In 2017, an administrative overhaul occurred at XHUPC as the result of the adoption of new bylaws governing the station. The change also saw new outside leadership be brought in. In November 2017, according to former station employees, the locks were changed. Said employees issued an open letter in which they decried the new leadership, hailing from [Radio UNAM](/source/XEUN-FM) and [UAM Radio](/source/XHUAM-FM), and the fact that an IPN alumnus was not leading the station, as had been the case during the more than 20-year leadership tenure of Ing. José Ramos Subirachs. They also declared that administration was seeking to "kidnap IPN culture".[3] The new administration made the station more institutional in nature and rebranded it as "Radio IPN".

On March 7, 2019, the [Federal Telecommunications Institute](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute) approved the change of the station's call letters to XHIPN-FM, in order to increase identification of the radio station with the IPN.[4]

In 2023, the station began broadcasting from the Canal Once tower on [Cerro del Chiquihuite](/source/Cerro_del_Chiquihuite), one of Mexico City's major broadcast tower sites.[5]

## Programming

Former Radio IPN tower and antenna

XHIPN carries a wide variety of cultural programs, ranging from the station's own productions to programs supplied by [Radio France International](/source/Radio_France_International), as well as the audio of [Once Noticias](/source/Canal_Once_(Mexico)) newscasts.

## External links

- (in Spanish) [XHIPN-FM, official site](http://www.radio.ipn.mx) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100317104438/http://www.radio.ipn.mx/) 2010-03-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["#065686 Modificación al Título de Concesión"](https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/37588_230117195605_5961.pdf) (PDF). *Public Registry of Concessions* (in Spanish). [Federal Telecommunications Institute](/source/Federal_Telecommunications_Institute). August 29, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones](http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones) HD Radio Guide for Mexico

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["IPN entrega su emisora de Radio a funcionarios de Radio UNAM y UAM Radio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035207/https://radioexpresionmexico.com/ipn-entrega-su-emisora-de-radio-a-funcionarios-de-radio-unam-y-uam-radio.html). *Radio Expresión México*. 6 November 2017. Archived from [the original](https://radioexpresionmexico.com/ipn-entrega-su-emisora-de-radio-a-funcionarios-de-radio-unam-y-uam-radio.html) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [RPC: #036321 Change in Call Letters — XHIPN-FM (formerly XHUPC-FM)](https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/37588_190807160307_883.pdf)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Jiménez, Gabriela (April 5, 2023). ["Radio IPN llegará a más oídos"](https://oncenoticias.digital/agenda-ipn/radio-ipn-inicia-transmisiones-desde-el-cerro-del-chiquihuite/240946/) [Radio IPN will reach more ears]. *Once Noticias* (in Spanish). Retrieved September 21, 2023.

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