XEQIN-AM/XHSQB-FM (''La Voz del Valle'' – "The Voice of the Valley") is an

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that broadcasts in

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Mixtec The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica of Guerrero, Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerre ...

, Zapotec and

Triqui The Triqui (, ) or Trique () are an Indigenous people of the western part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, centered in the municipalities of Juxtlahuaca, Putla, and Tlaxiaco. They number around 23,000 according to Ethnologue surveys. The Triq ...

from San Quintín in the

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. It is run by the

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(SRCI) of the

National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (, INPI, Tzotzil: ''Instituto Ta Sjunul Jlumaltik Sventa Batsi Jnaklometik,'' Q'eqchi': ''Molam Tk’anjelaq Chi Rixeb’ Laj Ralch’och’'', Ixil: ''Jejleb’al Unq’a Tenam Kumool'', Chocholtec ...

(CDI).

History

XEQIN began broadcasting on 15 June 1994 on 1290 kHz with a power of 2,500 watts. In the first quarter of 2006, its transmission facility was upgraded to 10,000 watts and it relocated to 1160 kHz. It transmits daily from 05:00 to 19:00 hours, with a potential audience of 260,000 people. The indigenous-language speakers it targets are mostly

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s from the southern states of

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

Guerrero Guerrero, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guerrero, is one of the 32 states that compose the administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guerrero, 85 municipalities. The stat ...

and

Puebla Puebla, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla, is one of the 31 states that, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its capital is Puebla City. Part of east-centr ...

. XEQIN-AM is a daytime-only station because it broadcasts on the United States

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frequency of 1160 kHz, on which KSL is the dominant station. In 2016, the CDI obtained an FM frequency to simulcast XEQIN, XHSQB-FM 95.1, which began test transmissions in January 2018.

External links

XEQIN websiteFCC information on XEQIN

References

Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca Mixtec-language radio stations Trique-language radio stations Zapotec-language radio stations Radio stations in Baja California Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas 1994 establishments in Mexico Radio stations established in 1994 Daytime-only radio stations in Mexico {{Baja California-radio-station-stub