Major Mexican Radio Group Completes HD Radio Conversion Project

Aug 19, 2014 11:13 AM

COLUMBIA, MD. � iBiquity Digital Corporation announced that Mexican broadcast group IMER (Instituto Mexicano de la Radio) has completed its project to upgrade all thirteen of its FM stations to digital HD Radio broadcasts.

IMER began digitizing its stations in Mexico City shortly after the Mexican government approved HD Radio Technology as the standard in 2011 and has since begun transmission of two new HD2 and HD3 channels at each station. The HD Radio broadcast equipment for all thirteen IMER stations was provided by GatesAir (formerly Harris Broadcast). In the coming months, IMER plans to begin its first HD Radio AM transmission on XEQX1350 in Mexico City. GatesAir engineers will assist in the station conversion.

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