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 Station building | |
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|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Xalapa |
| Frequency | 90.5MHz |
| Branding | Radio UV |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Public broadcasting (news, cultural shows,classical music) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Universidad Veracruzana |
| History | |
First air date | 1944 (1944) on AM;[1] June 2014 on FM |
Former call signs | XEXB (1950s–1979?)[1][2] XEJJ (1940s–1950s)[1] XERUV-AM (AM station, to 2016) |
Former frequencies | 1400 kHz (1955–1979) 580 kHz (c. 1946–1955) 1550 kHz (1955–2016) |
Call sign meaning | "Radio Universidad Veracruzana" |
| Technical information | |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 25 kW[3] |
| HAAT | 59.2 m |
Transmitter coordinates | 19°35′09.9″N96°59′57.4″W / 19.586083°N 96.999278°W /19.586083; -96.999278 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Web player mms://148.226.22.2/radiouv (direct stream) |
| Website | www |
XHRUV-FM is theradio station of theUniversidad Veracruzana in the state ofVeracruz, Mexico. It broadcasts from the state capital ofXalapa on 90.5MHz. It uses the identification "Radio UV" and broadcasts a mix of news, cultural shows andclassical music from its transmitter inAcajete, Veracruz. The station is on the air from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m.
XHRUV is the successor toXERUV-AM, which was aClass Aclear-channel station on 1550AM in Xalapa that is nowsilent.
Radio UV was established on 15 September 1944, just days after the university itself, and was broadcasting with 200 watts on 580 kHz asXEJJ by 1946.[1] By 1955, it increased power to 500 watts and moved to 1400 kHz,[1][2] and began transmitting from theCerro de Macuiltépetl with studios in the Xalapa Teatro del Estado in 1956. The programming was 12 hours ofclassical music. The call sign also changed toXEXB in the 1950s.[1][2]
The station was shut down later, only transmitting music sporadically.[4]
An agreement to swap frequencies with XEZL was made in 1965, with the goal of swapping frequencies and also using some of XEZL's schedule for cultural programming.[5] By 1979,XERUV-AM it was a 10,000 watt station on 1550 kHz, and began transmitting 20 hours per day from the local Teatro del Estado on 2 March 1980 with programming that included talk, sports, and children's literature. The station gained space in the Casona de Clavijero in 1988, and a new transmitter location inAcajete, Veracruz in 1997.[1]
In 2014, the station gained an FMsister station,XHRUV-FM 90.5 MHz, on a separate permit. The stationsigned on with test transmissions in June 2014.[6]
In 2016, theIFT denied a long-pending request to renew XERUV-AM's permit, because the original renewal made in 2005 by then-station manager Fernando Escalante Sobrino was 15 days late.[7] As a result, effective June 1, XERUV-AM went off the air, and XHRUV-FM was officially launched.[8]