XEEP-AM
| City of license | Mexico City |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Greater Mexico City |
| Branding | Radio Educación |
| Frequency | 1060 kHz |
| First air date | 30 November 1924 (original) 30 November 1968 (current) |
| Format | Spanish Education/Information |
| Power | 100,000 W day 20,000 W night[1] |
| Former callsigns |
XFX (1928–1930s)[2] CZE (1924–1928) CYE (1924) |
| Owner | Main Directorate of Radio Education (Secretariat of Public Education[1]) |
| Website | radioeducacion.edu.mx |
XEEP-AM (branded as Radio Educación) is a radio station based in Mexico City and airing Spanish language educational programming on 1060 kHz, a North American clear-channel frequency. The station is owned by the Main Directorate of Radio Education (Spanish: Dirección General de Radio Educación), a unit of the Ministry of Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública, SEP), in cooperation with the National Council for Culture and Arts.[citation needed]
XEEP traces its origin to station CZE, launched November 30, 1924, as the first non-profit radio station in Mexico to broadcast cultural programming.[citation needed]
[edit] History
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In 1922, the Mexican Secretariat of Public Education asked for permission to enter radio; this was granted in 1924. The station used the callsign CYE for several days before switching to CZE.[2] It started at 560 kHz with 500 watts of power.[3]
In 1928, the Dirección General de Telégrafos modified the station's permit, changing the callsign to XFX[2] and its frequency to 910 kHz.[3] With the new frequency, XFX was capable of covering most of Mexico, as well as into other countries.[2] In the late 1930s, this first radio station was shut down.[citation needed]
After World War II, the station returned to the air in 1946 with the name "Radio Educación" on two frequencies: XEOF as the "Cultural Voice of Mexico" (Spanish: Vocero Cultural de México) on longwave and XEEP on shortwave.[2][3] However, in 1947, Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés decided that the stations should be given to the Secretaría de Gobernación.[2]
Finally, in 1967–1968, the Recording Unit (Spanish: Unidad de Grabación) of the Education Ministry (SEP) became the Dirección General de Educación Audiovisual and gained control of XEEP on 1060 kHz.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM" (in Spanish) (PDF). Mexico City: Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones. 2009-03-31. http://www.cofetel.gob.mx/wb/Cofetel_2008/Cofe_estaciones_de_am_in. Retrieved 2009-04-22. Via [1].
- ^ a b c d e f g Carrillo Olano, Alejandra (2007-05-09). "Capítulo 2: Origen y desarrollo de la radio mexicana" (in Spanish). Radio Altiplano del estado de Tlaxcala: entre el modelo comercial y la radio pública. Cholula, Puebla, México: Universidad de las Américas Puebla. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/lco/carrillo_o_a/capitulo_2.html. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ a b c d "Manual de Organización General de Radio Educación" (in Spanish) (PDF). Mexico City: Secretaría de Educación Pública: Consejo Naciónal Para la Cultura y Las Artes. May 2007. http://www.radioeducacion.edu.mx/pdf/MAN%20ORG%20MAY%202007.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-25.[dead link]
[edit] External links
- XEEP-AM Radio Educación (Spanish) — official site
- Radio Educación: La historia reciente, testimonios y remembranzas (Spanish) — 272-page official book about the history of Radio Educación and XEEP
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