ARC Newsflash: Mexican AM stations soon to switch to FM

Mexico: The Mexican Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones says that it has now initiated the work of assigning FM frequencies to the stations wishing to switch from AM to FM. In early August the frequencies for Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero were announced. The remaining states will follow according to a running schedule. Out of the total of 850 AM stations, 450 are expected to switch to the FM band, where a total of 1176 allocations are available. (Héctor García Bojorge via Christer Brunström via Tore Larsson, ARC)