XEPET-AM

XEPET-AM

City of license	Peto, Yucatán, Mexico
Broadcast area	Yucatán, Quintana Roo & Campeche
Branding	La Voz de los Mayas
Frequency	730 kHz
First air date	29 November 1982
Format	Indigenous community radio
Power	10,000 W
Callsign meaning	"Peto"
Owner	CDI – SRCI
Webcast	XEPET
Website	XEPET

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.

XEPET

Transmitter: 20°07′N 88°55′W

References

• XEPET (SRCI)
• XEPET (CDI)

External links

• 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)