Seven broadcasters from various States of the Republic met on February 27, 1937, in Mexico City, to found the Mexican Association of Radio Stations (AMER). And on June 11 of the same year, the National Convention was held, at the end of which a new organization called the Mexican Association of Commercial Radio Stations was constituted. On November 15, 1941, the General Directorate of Commerce and Industry, under the Ministry of National Economy, approved the constitution of the National Chamber of the Broadcasting Industry (CIR). The National Chamber of the Radio and Television Industry acquired its current name in 1970 and from 1971, being president Mr. Joaquín Vargas Gómez, the current logo was created that includes the acronym CIRT.
The National Chamber of the Radio and Television Industry aims to:
- Represent the general interests of the industry and the companies that constitute it.
- Study all issues that affect the industrial activities of its members and provide the measures that tend to the development of them.
- Participate in the defense of the particular interests of its partners.
- To be an organ of consultation of the State.
- Exercise the right of petition, making the necessary representations before the Federal Authorities of the States and Municipalities of the Republic.
- Act through the commission designated for this purpose, as arbitrator or arbitrator in disputes before its partners.
- Perform, in accordance with the applicable provisions, the syndicate in the bankruptcies of industrialists registered in it.
- Designate the people who should represent the interests of the industry.
- Perform all other functions indicated by the Law and the Statutes of the CIRT.
