XHCARH-FM/XECARH-AM (''La Voz del Pueblo Hñahñu'' – "The Voice of the Hñahñu People") 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 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 countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

, Hñahñu and

Nahuatl Nahuatl ( ; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahuas, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller popul ...

from

Cardonal Cardonal ( Otomi: ʼMohai) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and bo ...

in the Mexican state of

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. It is run by the

Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas The Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas (SRCI; ) is a state-owned network of radio stations in Mexico. The radio stations it operates are community radio stations that aim to serve different sectors of the country's Indigenous peoples i ...

(SRCI) of the

National Institute of Indigenous Peoples The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (, INPI, Tzotzil language, Tzotzil: ''Instituto Ta Sjunul Jlumaltik Sventa Batsi Jnaklometik,'' Qʼeqchiʼ language, Q'eqchi': ''Molam Tk’anjelaq Chi Rixeb’ Laj Ralch’och’'', Ixil language, Ixil ...

(INPI). It came on air in 1998 as XECARH-AM, a daytime-only station on

1480 AM The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1480 kHz: 1480 AM is a Regional broadcast frequency. Argentina * Radio Centro Dolores in Dolores, Buenos Aires. * APP1480 in La Matanza, Buenos Aires. Mexico * XECARH-AM in Cardonal, ...

. In 2012, XECARH was authorized to move to FM XHCARH-FM 89.1. While this station is on the air, XECARH cannot be shut off as it is the last radio service in portions of its AM coverage area where the FM station does not reach.

External links

XECARH website

References

1998 establishments in Mexico Indigenous radio stations in Mexico Nahuatl-language radio stations Otomi-language radio stations Radio stations established in 1998 Radio stations in Hidalgo (state) Radio stations in Mexico with continuity obligations Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas Spanish-language radio stations {{Hidalgo-radio-station-stub