XHRLF-FM is a radio station on

96.7 FM The following radio broadcasting, radio stations broadcast on FM broadcasting, FM frequency 96.7 MHz: Argentina * Armonía in San Juan, San Juan * Cadena Space in Córdoba, Córdoba * LRI731 Centenario in Capitán Bermúdez, Santa Fe * Expedito ...

, known as "Radio La Filosita", serving Carrizalillo in the Mexican state of

Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in Municipalities of Guerrero, 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acap ...

. 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 201 ...

History

On November 28, 2017, the

Federal Telecommunications Institute The Federal Telecommunications Institute ( Spanish: ''Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones''; abbreviated as IFT and incorrectly referred to as IFETEL) is an independent government agency of Mexico charged with the regulation of telecommunicat ...

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 employed about 15,800 people worldwide, engaged in gold mining and related activities including exploration, extraction, processing and ...

, 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 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

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

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