XEVFS-AM

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

XEVFS-AM
CitySan Sebastián/Las Margaritas, Chiapas, Mexico
Broadcast areaChiapas; part of Guatemala
Frequency1030 kHz
BrandingLa Voz de la Frontera Sur
Programming
FormatIndigenous community radio
Ownership
OwnerINPI – SRCI
History
First air date27 April 1987
Call sign meaningVoz de la Frontera Sur
Technical information
ClassB (AM)
Power10,000 watts (AM, daytime only)[1]
Transmitter coordinates16°18′55″N 91°58′54″W
Links
WebcastXEVFS-AM
WebsiteXEVFS-AM

History

XEVFS signed on April 27, 1987.

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.

In December 2016, the CDI obtained an FM frequency, XHSEB-FM 91.7, to convert XEVFS into an AM-FM combo. However, the station's technical proposals ran into problems precipitated by the primary locality designation of San Sebastián. The proposed coordinates to operate XHSEB-FM were 45 km from the locality of San Sebastián, far beyond the reference distance of 28 km for a Class AA radio station. As such, the INPI surrendered the concession in a letter dated March 19, 2019.[2]

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References
  1. Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones. Infraestructura de Estaciones de Radio AM. Last modified 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-18. Technical information from the IFT Coverage Viewer.
  2. RPC: #033763 Surrender — XHSEB-FM


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