XHPET-FM

XEPET-AM / XHPET-FM

City	Peto, Yucatán, Mexico
Broadcast area	Yucatán, Quintana Roo & Campeche
Frequency	730 kHz 105.5 MHz
Branding	La Voz de los Mayas
Programming
Format	Indigenous community radio
Ownership
Owner	CDI – SRCI
History
First air date	29 November 1982
Call sign meaning	PETo
Technical information
Class	B (AM) AA (FM)
Power	10,000 W (AM)[1]
ERP	6,000 watts (FM)[2]
Transmitter coordinates	20°07′29.19″N 88°56′08.6″W / 20.1247750°N 88.935722°W / 20.1247750; -88.935722
Links
Webcast	XEPET-AM
Website	XEPET-AM

XEPET-AM/XHPET-FM (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 the 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. The FM station was authorized on June 4, 2010.

External links[]

• XEPET website
• 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)
• XEPET on Radio-Locator

References[]

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