XEPET-AM

Infobox Radio station
name = XEPET-AM


city = city-state|Peto|Yucatán, Mexico
area = Yucatán, Quintana Roo & Campeche
branding = La Voz de los Mayas
slogan =
airdate = 29 November 1982
frequency = 730 kHz
format = Indigenous community radio
power = 10,000 W
erp =
class =
callsign_meaning = "Peto"
former_callsigns =
owner = CDI – SRCI
webcast = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/radiodifusoras/xepet.ram XEPET ]
website = [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1041 XEPET ]
affiliations =

XEPET-AM ("La Voz de los Mayas" – "The Voice of the Mayas") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish and Yucatec Maya from Peto (130 km south of state capital Mérida) in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is run by the Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System (SRCI) of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI).

It originally started broadcasting on 29 November 1982 on 740 kHz, but relocated to 730 kHz in January 2001.Location map
Mexico
label=XEPET | marksize=7
mark=Locator Dot.gif
lat_deg=20|lat_min=07
lon_deg=88|lon_min=55|lon_dir=W
position=left
width=300
float=none
background=yellow
caption= Transmitter: coord|20|07|N|88|55|W

References

* [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/ini/radiodifusoras/xepet/index.html XEPET] (SRCI)
* [http://www.cdi.gob.mx/index.php?id_seccion=1041 XEPET] (CDI)

External links

* [http://www.amarc.org/documents/books/Negotiation_INI_radio_policy.pdf The Negotiation of Indigenist Radio Policy in Mexico] (on World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters website, with specific focus on the experiences of XEPET-AM)