XEQIN-AM

Infobox Radio station
name = XEQIN-AM


city = San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico
area = Baja California
branding = La Voz del Valle
slogan =
airdate = 15 June 1994
frequency = 1160 (kHz)
format = Indigenous community radio
power =
erp = 10,000 watts
class = B
callsign_meaning = "Quintín"
former_callsigns =
owner = CDI – SRCI
webcast = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/radiodifusoras/xeqin.ram XEQIN]
website = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1022 XEQIN]
affiliations =

XEQIN-AM ("La Voz del Valle" – "The Voice of the Valley") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Mixtec, Zapotec and Triqui from San Quintín in the Mexican state of Baja California.

It is run by the Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System (SRCI) of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI).

XEQIN began broadcasting on 15 June 1994 on 1290 kHz with an ERP of 2,500 watts. In the first quarter of 2006, its transmission facility was upgraded to 10,000 watts and it relocated to 1160 kHz. It transmits daily from 05:00 to 19:00 hours, with a potential audience of 260,000 people. The indigenous-language speakers it targets are mostly migrant workers from the southern states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla.

Location map
Mexico
label=XEQIN | marksize=7
mark=Locator Dot.gif
lat_deg=30|lat_min=27
lon_deg=115|lon_min=58|lon_dir=W
position=right
width=300
float=none
background=yellow
caption=Transmitter: coord|30|27|N|115|58|W

References

*http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1022