XHCD-FM ("Zoom") is a

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popular ...

station in Hermosillo,

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, broadcasting on

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. It is owned by Comunicadores del Desierto, A.C. XHCD is a member of AMARC México.

History

"Radio Bemba" took to the air on November 11, 2000, as a non-permitted station on 107.5 MHz, from facilities near the

Universidad de Sonora The University of Sonora (Universidad de Sonora, abbreviated as Unison) is a public university in the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico that has a strong research program. The university was founded in 1942 and is considered the main cultural ...

where the station's founders were students. A year later, in 2001, a permit 107.5 FM was awarded to the university. While it was thought that this might help to regularize Radio Bemba's transmissions, the university launched

XHUSH-FM XHUSH-FM is a radio station in Hermosillo, Sonora. It is owned by the Universidad de Sonora and broadcasts from its campus, with three repeaters in Caborca, Navojoa Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora and is ...

, its own station, on the frequency instead. Radio Bemba moved to 103.3 MHz. In September 2004, the Radio Bemba team began negotiating to obtain a permit for its radio station. On May 31, 2005, Comunicadores del Desierto, A.C., received the permit for XHCD-FM on 95.5 MHz. The station changed its name to Zoom 95 sometime in the early 2010s.

References

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