Radio Universidad is the radio service of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua in Chihuahua, Chihuahua . It broadcasts on XHRU-FM 105.3 FM and XHERU-FM 106.9 FM .
21-541: Radio Universidad may refer to: Radio Universidad (Chihuahua) , with frequencies XHRU-FM 105.3 FM and XHERU-FM 106.9 FM Radio Universidad (Yucatán) , with frequencies XERUY-AM 1120 and XHRUY-FM 103.9 in Mérida, and XHMIN-FM 94.5 in Tizimín See also [ edit ] Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero Radio Universidade de Coimbra Topics referred to by
42-408: A January high of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F), while winter nights are cold with temperatures usually below freezing. The city usually sees 1 or 2 snowfalls per year. Summers are warm with June being the warmest month with an average high temperature of 29.5 °C (85.1 °F). Most of the precipitation falls during this time of the year, during the monsoon season. The highest recorded temperature
63-677: A large pulp mill is located. The Gran Vision highway, which is to be continued to the west coast through the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, joins the city to the western hinterlands, and another highway leaving the city passes through the Mennonite colonies to the north ( Manitoba Colony ). Cuauhtémoc is a stop on the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico , which connects Chihuahua City with Copper Canyon and Los Mochis . The apple industry, introduced to
84-555: A permit to operate an FM radio station. The official request for a permit was made in November 1997, and the official permit was issued on September 2, 1998, for XHRU-FM 105.3, with 3 kW ERP. With the permit, the station began to acquire the equipment to put an FM station on the air. The Central Library would house the transmitter, donated through an agreement with the state government. Finally, in March 2000, 105.3 FM came to air with
105-639: A program schedule that partly simulcast its AM counterpart. In the late 2000s, the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua solicited authorization to move XERU-AM to the FM band as part of the AM-FM migration scheme. The new FM station would be located on 106.9 FM and bear the XHERU-FM callsign. As part of 60th anniversary celebrations for the university, 106.9 FM came to air on August 13, 2014. A year later,
126-553: A shortwave counterpart, XERUU at 6140 kHz. The original studios were located in the Fine Arts Building, on what is today Campus 1, while the transmitter tower was on property belonging to the Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua . The two locations were connected by a studio-transmitter link prone to failing in high winds. Early programming included some initial efforts at distance education, such as
147-463: Is a city located in the west-central part of the Mexican state of Chihuahua . It serves as the seat of the municipality of Cuauhtémoc . The city lies 103 km (64 mi) west of the state capital of Chihuahua . As of 2015, the city of Cuauhtémoc had a population of 168,482. 3 languages are recognized as official in the city: Spanish , English , and Plautdietsch . The population in 1953
168-435: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Radio Universidad (Chihuahua) The first graduates of the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua had not yet graduated when the permit for XERU-AM 1310 kHz was issued on May 21, 1957. Then-rector Luis Raúl Flores Sánchez was one of the important exponents of the cultural radio project. The UACh radio station also received
189-422: The "radio schools" program that saw programs being transmitted over shortwave to small communities without their own schools. Four hours a day, five days a week were devoted to the radioescuelas , while the rest of the station in the 1960s and early 1970s included a wide variety of musical programming. Meanwhile, the transmitter was moved closer to the Fine Arts Building, on land that would later be used to construct
210-911: The AM station was shut down after nearly six decades of service. In 2015, UACh obtained a public concession to expand its signal outside of the capital city for the first time, to Ciudad Cuauhtémoc on XHRUC-FM 105.7, with 3 kW ERP; this station signed on at the end of 2016. After 10 years of waiting, the IFT approved concessions to the university for two additional stations, XHPEFK-FM 89.1 Hidalgo del Parral and XHPEDL-FM 92.1 Ciudad Delicias , in early 2019. 105.3 and 106.9 FM carry separate programming; 1310 repeated 106.9 in its final year of operation. Programming includes university news, cultural programs, and music. Ciudad Cuauht%C3%A9moc, Chihuahua Cuauhtémoc ( Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok] ; Mennonite Low German : Cuauhtemoc-Staut )
231-469: The San Antonio Valley, as far as 120 km (75 mi.) to the north of the town. There was a General Conference Mennonite Church in the town composed almost entirely of Mennonite refugees who came to Mexico after World War I . The growth of the Mennonite population due to natural increase and to additional immigration from Canada stimulated its economic activities. A small cereal factory
SECTION 10
#1732771844471252-647: The University of Chihuahua, is located in Cuauhtémoc, and the one incorporated Mennonite elementary and secondary school, Alvaro Obregon, was located on the outskirts at Quinta Lupita, but is at Km. 11 (Blumenau) since 1990. The Cuauhtémoc area is the home of around 50,000 Plautdietsch-speaking Mennonites who live in the following colonies mostly north of the city: Manitoba Colony , Swift Current Colony, Ojo de la Yegua Colony, Santa Rita Colony, Santa Clara Colony and Los Jagueyes Colony. The Mennonites settled in
273-501: The area by a former Old Colony Mennonite , Enrique Wiebe, has contributed much to the rapid growth of the city, particularly with large apple corporations such as Grupo La Norteñita . The influx of American industry in the mid-1980s, is also attracting people from all over the Republic. Doctors, dentists, and lawyers abound. Elementary, secondary, preparatory, and technology schools are numerous. One agricultural school, incorporated with
294-591: The arrival of the Old Colony Mennonites in 1922, it has practically no Mennonites living in it. However, the streets and the numerous banks teem with them, especially on Monday mornings. Cuauhtémoc is the most important commercial center for Old Colony Mennonites in Chihuahua. In the early 1930s the recent Mennonite immigrants from the Soviet Union (Rußländer) formed a Mennonite congregation in
315-430: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Radio Universidad . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Radio_Universidad&oldid=766026275 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
336-470: The town, but by 1987, it had ceased to exist. The few Mennonite families and General Conference Mennonite Church and Mennonite Central Committee workers living in the city in 1986 (5 families and 5 singles) worshipped mostly at the General Conference congregation at Kilometro 11. Cuauhtémoc was the first city to erect a senior citizens home under public or government jurisdiction. Its first matron
357-408: The university gym. In the summer of 1972, a strike at UACh's preparatory unit would lead to the station going off the air and not returning until 1989; the 1972 strike also marked the definitive end of the shortwave service. On November 14, 1989, XERU-AM returned to the air after an absence of more than 17 years. Radio Universidad now had new studio facilities in a different building; the transmitter
378-404: Was 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) on June 9, 1995 while the lowest recorded temperature was −18 °C (−0.4 °F) on December 30, 1975. In the early 1950s there were no improved roads leading from the hinterland into Cuauhtémoc. A four-lane highway, completed in 1986, connected the city with the city of Chihuahua, the state capital. Another highway connected Cuauhtémoc with Col. Anahuac, where
399-517: Was also relocated. After a forced closure that began in July 1993 and came about due to technical problems and the need to restructure the station's departments, Radio Universidad returned on April 9, 1994, with the slogan "A New Signal for You" ( Una Nueva Señal para Tí ) and a more modern programming concept. In the 1990s, the UACh, understanding that the radio station needed to be modernized, began to seek
420-577: Was established by non-Mennonites, while a large cheese factory, slaughterhouse, and ice plant were erected by Mennonites (the Redekops) in the town. In 1947 the Mennonite Central Committee established a service unit in Cuauhtémoc to provide health services, recreational direction, and assistance in educational activities of German-speaking children. Although the city, formerly called San Antonio de los Arenales, developed only after
441-565: Was just under 3,000, composed almost entirely of Mexicans with the exception of foreign-born people who had gone there as traders. The town of Cuauhtémoc grew significantly after the coming of the Mennonites to the area in the 1920s, for whom the city was a shopping destination. A railroad, a highway, and a bus line connected Cuauhtémoc with Chihuahua City . Cuauhtémoc has a semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification BSk ) moderated by its altitude. Winter days are cool and sunny with
SECTION 20
#1732771844471#470529