XHUIA-FM

{{short description|Radio station in Mexico City}} {{Infobox radio station | name = XHUIA-FM | logo = File:XHUIA Ibero90.9 logo.png | image = Ibero 90.9 5.JPG | caption = Ibero 90.9 studios | city = [[Mexico City]] | country = MX | area = [[Greater Mexico City]] | branding = Ibero 90.9 | frequency = 90.9 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}} | airdate = {{Start date and age|1991}} | format = [[College radio]], [[Alternative Rock]] music in English and Spanish, [[Talk radio|Talk]] programs | class = [[list of broadcast station classes#FM|B1]] | erp = 10 kW<ref name="IFT051218">[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/37804_190807111802_7602.pdf RPC: P/IFT/051218/901 Class Change and Power Increase — XHUIA-FM]</ref> | haat = {{Convert|6.5|m|ft}} | former_callsigns = XHUIB-FM (July 24, 1991–July 23, 1996) | coordinates = {{coord|19|22|04.7|N|99|15|53.4|W}} | callsign_meaning = "Universidad Iberoamericana" | licensee = Radio Ibero, A.C. | owner = [[Universidad Iberoamericana]] | website = https://ibero909.fm/ }}

'''XHUIA-FM''' (90.9 [[Hertz|MHz]]), known as Ibero 90.9, is the [[radio station]] of the [[Universidad Iberoamericana]] in [[Mexico City]]. Owned by the [[Universidad Iberoamericana]] through licensee Radio Ibero, A.C., XHUIA-FM carries a [[college radio]] [[radio format|format]] under the name "Ibero 90.9". It airs a mix of [[alternative rock]], [[reggaeton]] and other genres of music in Spanish and English, along with [[talk radio|talk programs]]. The transmitter is located on the university's Santa Fe campus and broadcasts with an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 10,000 [[watt]]s.<ref>[https://rpc.ift.org.mx/vrpc/pdfs/37804_190807111802_7602.pdf RPC: P/IFT/051218/901 Class Change and Power Increase — XHUIA-FM]</ref> XHUIA-FM broadcasts using [[HD Radio]] technology.<ref>https://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico</ref> It carries two [[digital subchannel|subchannel]]s, known as Ibero 90.9.1 and Ibero 90.9.2.{{mexico-MP|accessdate=22 August 2018}}

==History== In the late 1980s, the university began to seek a [[construction permit]] for a new radio station primarily to be used for teaching purposes. The [[Secretariat of Communications and Transportation]] assigned a provisional permit for XHUIB-FM in 1991. It began broadcasting with 20 watts, a fraction of its current output.

The station grew in the 1990s; it received a power hike to 100 watts ERP by 1994. It was broadcasting 40 hours a week.<ref>[https://radiomex.blogspot.com/2007/09/ibero-909.html History of Ibero 90.9]</ref> In July 1996, the current '''XHUIA-FM''' [[call sign]] was adopted. The station was primarily programmed by students at the university; the programs and format were [[free form radio|free form]].

On September 25, 2001, the SCT authorized a power increase to 3 kW. The university also formalized the station's management (under a civil association) and updated the programming. This led to the station's relaunch as Radio Ibero on March 7, 2003.

In December 2018, the IFT approved an increase to 10 kW for the station, expanding service particularly in areas to the north and east of Mexico City.{{r|IFT051218}}

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== External links == {{Commons category|Ibero 90.9}} * [https://ibero909.fm/ Official site of XHUIA-FM 90.9 MHz, Ibero 90.9 Radio]

[[Category:Radio stations in Mexico City]] [[Category:University radio stations in Mexico]] [[Category:Universidad Iberoamericana]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Mexico]] [[Category:Radio stations established in 1991]]