XHRLF-FM is a radio station on 96.7 FM, known as "Radio La Filosita", serving Carrizalillo in the Mexican state of

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 ...

. Its operation is part of the

Los Filos mine The Los Filos mine is one of the largest gold mines in Mexico and in the world. The mine is located in the south of the country in Guerrero. The mine has estimated reserves of 7.43 million oz of gold and 52.54 million oz of silver. In January 2017 ...

History

On November 28, 2017, the

Federal Telecommunications Institute The Federal Telecommunications Institute (Spanish Language, Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL, Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Snaul jtsob a’telelil Sk’asesojibal k’o ...

approved the award of this station, but the operation of a radio station here predates the concession by a number of years. In June 2009,

Goldcorp Goldcorp Inc. was a gold production company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company stood among the largest gold producers in the world, employed about 15,800 people worldwide, engaged in gold mining and related activit ...

, which at the time owned the mine, put La Filosita on the air as part of the mine's safety program. The station won company awards for helping the mine improve its safety record. The station transmits music, safety messages and information for the workers at the mine, as well as educational programming produced by the

Instituto Nacional para la Educación de los Adultos The Instituto Nacional para la Educación de los Adultos (English: ''National Institute for Adult Education''), abbreviated INEA, is a decentralized public organization of the Mexican federal public administration, grouped in the sector coordinate ...

and interviews with visitors to the mine. As the application was on file with the IFT, Goldcorp sold the Los Filos mine to Leagold Mining Corporation as part of a divestiture of non-core assets. In approving the station's concession, IFT commissioners expressed concern that Goldcorp's shareholders and directors were still listed as stakeholders in Radio La Filosita, A.C., and that the employees and local residents did not have an ownership stake in it or the other station for which Goldcorp filed, XHESP-FM at the Peñasquito Polymetallic Mine in

Zacatecas Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...

.Transcript - IFT L Sesión Ordinaria, 28 November 2017
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References

Radio stations in Guerrero {{Guerrero-radio-station-stub