XEPET-AM/XHPET-FM (''La Voz de los Mayas'' – "The Voice of the

Mayas The Maya peoples () are an ethnolinguistic group of indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. The ancient Maya civilization was formed by members of this group, and today's Maya are generally descended from people who lived within that historical re ...

") is an indigenous

community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popul ...

station that broadcasts in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

and

Yucatec Maya Yucatec Maya (; referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as , is one of the 32 Mayan languages of the Mayan language family. Yucatec Maya is spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula and northern Belize. There is also a significant diasporic co ...

from

Peto Peto may refer to: People *Peto (surname), includes a list of people with the surname Peto *Kawu Peto Dukku (1958–2010), Nigerian politician, Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe State, Nigeria Other uses * PETO, a German party *Pe ...

(130 km south of the state capital Mérida) in the

Mexican state The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate ent ...

Yucatán Yucatán (, also , , ; yua, Yúukatan ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán,; yua, link=no, Xóot' Noj Lu'umil Yúukatan. is one of the 31 states which comprise the federal entities of Mexico. It comprises 106 separate mun ...

. It is run by the

Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor ...

(SRCI) of the

National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples ( es, Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, INPI) is a decentralized agency of the Mexican Federal Public Administration. It was established on December 4, 2018, though the earliest Mexican ...

(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 websiteThe Negotiation of Indigenist Radio Policy in Mexico
(on

World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (french: link=no, Association Mondiale Des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires, AMARC) is the international umbrella organization of community radio broadcasters founded in 1983, with nearly 3,000 m ...

website, with specific focus on the experiences of XEPET-AM) *

References

Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas Mayan-language radio stations Radio stations in Yucatán Yucatec Maya language Radio stations in Mexico with continuity obligations {{Yucatán-radio-station-stub Radio stations established in 1982