XEGLO-AM

XEGLO-AM
City Guelatao de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico
Broadcast area Oaxaca & Veracruz
Branding La Voz de la Sierra Juárez
Frequency 780 kHz
First air date 17 November 1990
Format Indigenous community radio
Power 10,000 W[1]
Class B
Transmitter coordinates 17°19′05″N 96°29′35″W / 17.31806°N 96.49306°W / 17.31806; -96.49306
Callsign meaning GueLataO
Owner CDI SRCI
Webcast XEGLO-AM
Website XEGLO-AM

XEGLO-AM (La Voz de la Sierra Juárez – "The Voice of the Sierra Juárez") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Zapotec, Mixe and Chinantec from Guelatao de Juárez in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is run by the Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System (SRCI) of the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI).

History

On 21 March 1990, test transmissions began for XEGLO, at half power and only operating during the late morning and early afternoon. The station began full service on 17 November.

References

  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-25. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.


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