XEUN-FM

{{short description|UNAM radio station in Mexico City}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = XEUN-FM

| logo = File:XEUN 860-96.1 logo.jpg

| image = Instalaciones de Radio UNAM, Ciudad de México.jpg | caption = Radio UNAM studios

| above =

| city = Mexico City

| area = Greater Mexico City

| branding = Radio UNAM

| frequency = 96.1 FM

| airdate = {{start date and age|1959|7|16}}

| format = University cultural (music)

| erp = 100 kW{{mexico-inf|FM|accessdate=2014-12-16}}

| class = C1

| haat = {{convert|-83.75|m|ft|sp=us}}

| sister_stations = XEUN-AM 860, XHUNAM-TDT 20

| coordinates = {{coord|19|16|9.1|N|99|12|23.7|W}}

| callsign_meaning = First two letters of UNAM

| owner = National Autonomous University of Mexico

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://tv.radiohosting.online:9484/stream}}

| website = {{url|http://www.radio.unam.mx}}

}}

XEUN-FM is a radio station in Mexico City. Broadcasting on 96.1 FM, XEUN-FM is owned by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) as a sister to XEUN-AM 860 and XHUNAM-TDT 20.

History

XEUN-FM signed on July 16, 1959, from a transmitter located on the Torre Rectoría (Rectory Tower), broadcasting with 1 kW of power.[http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=87&Itemid=469 Radio UNAM History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204074138/http://www.radiounam.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=87&Itemid=469 |date=December 4, 2014 }}

XEUN-FM's power was increased to 50 kW when the station moved to new facilities in 1976.

In 1992, the FM station moved to a new tower in Ajusco, on land that had been donated to UNAM in 1986 by the government of the Federal District; the move decreased the station's power to 35 kW, which then increased to its current 100 kW with another new transmitter in 1995.

Programming

XEUN-FM split from its AM simulcast upon the move to Ajusco in 1992. The division of programming across the two stations is specialized: 96.1 FM's broadcast day is composed of largely music programs, while 860 AM features predominantly speech programs.

On March 25, 2020, as a contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Radio UNAM began simulcasting its FM programming on AM until further notice.[https://www.facebook.com/radiounam/posts/2798728070210858 Radio UNAM post on Facebook], March 24, 2020

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