XEVFS-AM

Infobox Radio station
name = XEVFS-AM


city = city-state|Las Margaritas|Chiapas, Mexico
area = Chiapas; part of Guatemala
branding = La Voz de la Frontera Sur
slogan =
airdate = 27 April 1987
frequency = 1030 KHz
format = Indigenous community radio
power = 10,000 W
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning = "Voz de la Frontera Sur"
former_callsigns =
owner = CDI – SRCI
webcast = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/radiodifusoras/srci/xevfs.ram XEVFS]
website = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1025 XEVFS]
affiliations =

XEVFS-AM ("La Voz de la Frontera Sur" – "The Voice of the Southern Border") is an indigenous community radio stationthat broadcasts in Spanish, Tojolabal, Mam, Tseltal, Tsotsil and Popti from Las Margaritas in the Mexican state of Chiapas. It is run by the Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System (SRCI) of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI).

The broadcast facilities of XEVFS were seized by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in their January 1994 uprising and used to transmit rebel messages. [http://www.amarc.org/documents/books/Negotiation_INI_radio_policy.pdf]

References

* [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/ini/radiodifusoras/xevfs/index.html XEVFS] (CDI)
* [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1025 XEVFS] (SRCI)

Location map
Mexico
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lat_deg=16|lat_min=18
lon_deg=91|lon_min=58|lon_dir=W
position=left
width=300
float=left
background=yellow
caption=Transmitter: coord|16|18|03.24|N|91|58|51.22|W