XHCAH-FM

XHCAH-FM
Cacahoatán, Chiapas;
Frequency	89.1 FM (HD Radio)
Branding	La Popular
Programming
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
History
First air date	September 16, 1987
Former frequencies	1350 AM
Technical information
Class	B1
ERP	25 kW
HAAT	-82.2 m
Transmitter coordinates	14°59′58″N 92°9′48″W / 14.99944°N 92.16333°W
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	imer.mx/lapopular

XHCAH-FM is a radio station in Cacahoatán, Chiapas. Broadcasting on 89.1 FM, XHCAH-FM is owned by the Instituto Mexicano de la Radio and broadcasts a music and information format under the name "La Popular".

History

XECAH-AM 1350 took to the air on September 16, 1987. The location of XECAH was strategic: it was intended as a Mexican alternative to the Guatemalan stations and the Belize-based repeater of Voice of America available in the area.^[2] Its format was music, principally local marimba, mixed with public service messages. Some of the information on XECAH was broadcast in the Mam language with the goal of reaching the small communities that could receive 1350 AM.

By the early 1990s, XECAH featured a wider variety of music, supplementing marimba with ranchera, pop, rock and boleros. It also featured informative programs such as En Confianza, for women, and Viva México, about Mexican and Chiapas customs and history, as well as the national SNN newscast from Mexico City. By 1994, the station broadcast 20 hours a day at 5 kW.

In 2005, XECAH was often the lone link to communities devastated by Hurricane Stan, offering emergency instructions, road and shelter information, and public health information.

The late 2000s saw the modernization of the station technically, while it moved toward a regional Mexican format including marimba. In 2012, XHCAH-FM 89.1 was signed on as part of the AM-FM migration campaign currently underway among Mexican radio stations.

HD programming

XHCAH broadcasts in HD Radio:

HD2 is a simulcast of XEB-AM.
HD3 is a simulcast of XEQK-AM.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "#067552 Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHCPDL-FM (continues XHCAH-FM)" (PDF). Public Registry of Concessions (in Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. November 5, 2022.
^ IMER: XHCAH History
^ "Major Mexican Radio Group Upgrades All FM Stations to HD Radio™ Broadcasts | iBiquity Digital Corporation". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
^ http://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico

[1] "#067552 Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHCPDL-FM (continues XHCAH-FM)" (PDF). Public Registry of Concessions (in Spanish). Federal Telecommunications Institute. November 5, 2022.

[2] IMER: XHCAH History

[3] "Major Mexican Radio Group Upgrades All FM Stations to HD Radio™ Broadcasts | iBiquity Digital Corporation". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.

[4] ttp://hdradio.com/mexico/estaciones HD Radio Guide for Mexico

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v t e Radio stations in Tapachula, Chiapas
By AM frequency	1000
By FM frequency	89.1 89.9 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 102.7 103.5 106.7
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	89.1-1 89.9-2 89.9-3
By call sign	XETAC XHCAH HD2 HD3 XHEOE XHETS XHEZZZ XHHTS XHKQ XHMX XHPCHU XHPEAH XHPSCH XHPTCS XHSPRT XHTAC XHTAK XHTAP XHTCH XHTPC XHVDR
Defunct	XECAH 1350
Nearby regions – Mexico Tuxtla Gutiérrez In-state Chiapas Other countries Guatemala See also List of radio stations in Chiapas

v t e Instituto Mexicano de la Radio
Stations in Mexico City	XEDTL 660 XEMP 710 XEB 1220 XEQK 1350 XHIMER 94.5 XHOF 105.7 XHIMR 107.9
Elsewhere in Mexico	XHCAH 89.1 XHYUC 92.9 XHEMIT 94.9 XHSCO 96.3 XHLAC 99.7 XHUAN 102.5 XHFQ 103.1 XHRF 103.9 XHUAR 106.7 XHCHZ 107.9
Defunct/former IMER stations	XERA 760 XETEB 920 XEBCO 1210 Radio México Internacional (XERMX-OC from 1969 to 2004)
See Category:Instituto Mexicano de la Radio