XHACS-FM
XHACS-FM is a radio station on 103.1 FM in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo. It is known as Playa FM 103.1.
| City | Playa del Carmen |
|---|---|
| Branding | Playa FM 103.1 |
| Frequency | 103.1 FM |
| First air date | July 2018 |
| Format | Pop |
| ERP | 3 kW[1] |
| HAAT | 34.7 m |
| Class | A |
| Transmitter coordinates | 20°39′38.9″N 97°03′55.5″W |
| Call sign meaning | Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad |
| Owner | Isaac Caballero Colli (Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad, A.C.[2]) |
| Sister stations | XHICT-FM Tulum, XHCCE-FM Chetumal |
| Website | XHACS-FM on Facebook |
History
On November 17, 2015,[3] Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad, owned by Manuel Isaac and Fayne Yazmin Caballero Colli, applied for the 103.1 social frequency at Playa del Carmen that the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) had made available in its 2015 FM station program. A competing application was filed on November 30 by Yantra Informativo Fusión, A.C.
The two applications were adjudicated by the IFT on February 14, 2018. The IFT chose Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad, noting that stakeholders in the other applicant, Yantra Informativo Fusión, were associated with Grupo Acustik, a new media group that won 15 radio stations in the IFT-4 auction of 2017. Because the principals of Arte y Cultura por Solidaridad owned no radio stations, their application was chosen, and 103.1 was given the callsign XHACS-FM.
XHACS-FM began testing in July 2017 and adopted the name "Playa FM". Related social applicants also won stations at the IFT in 2018, for XHICT-FM 104.7 "Tulum FM" and XHCCE-FM 90.5 "Jaguar FM" in Chetumal.
References
- RPC: #036495 Technical Characteristics of Operation — XHACS-FM
- Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio FM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 26 June 2018. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
- IFT: Selection of ACS and concession award for 103.1