XEGLO-AM/XHGJO-FM (''La Voz de la Sierra Juárez'' – "The Voice of the
Sierra Juárez") is an
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often populari ...
community radio
Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial broadcasting, commercial and public broadcasting.
Community broadcasting, Community stations serve geographic communities and communities o ...
station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
that broadcasts in
Zapotec,
Mixe Mixe may refer to:
* Mixe people, an ethnic group of Oaxaca, Mexica
* Mixe languages, the group of languages spoken by them
* Sierra Mixe
The Sierra Mixe or Mixes District is a district in the east of the Sierra Norte Region of the Mexican sta ...
and
Chinantec
The Chinantec or Chinantecan languages constitute a branch of the Oto-Manguean family. Though traditionally considered a single language, ''Ethnologue'' lists 14 partially mutually unintelligible varieties of Chinantec. The languages are spoken b ...
from
Guelatao de Juárez
San Pablo Guelatao is a town and the seat of the Municipality of Guelatao de Juárez, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Ixtlán District in the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca region.
Guelatao, as it is often called, is in the foothills ...
in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
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 ...
. It is run by the
Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System
Culture ( ) is a concept that encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, attitudes, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...
(SRCI) of the
(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.
XHGJO-FM was awarded to the CDI in 2017.
External links
XEGLO website*
References
Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca
Chinantec-language radio stations
Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas
Mixe-language radio stations
Radio stations in Oaxaca
Zapotec-language radio stations
Radio stations established in 1990
Daytime-only radio stations in Mexico
{{Oaxaca-radio-station-stub