XHTUT-FM is an indigenous radio station on 106.1 FM in

Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. History Before the arrival of Spanish, the area was occupied by a small Mixtec kingdom, established in 357 AD, when Prince Mazatzin arrived from ...

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 known as Estéreo Lluvia ("Stereo Rain"); its concession is held by the

Mixtec The Mixtecs (), or Mixtecos, are Indigenous Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico inhabiting the region known as La Mixteca of Oaxaca and Puebla as well as La Montaña Region and Costa Chica of Guerrero, Costa Chica Regions of the state of Guerre ...

indigenous community of San Pedro Tututepec.

History

Estéreo Lluvia has been broadcasting in one form or another since 2002, initially on 103.5 MHz. Its founders had previously hosted shows at XEJAM in

Santiago Jamiltepec Santiago Jamiltepec (Mixtec: Casandoo) is a town, and the seat of surrounding municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Chica Region, 30 km east of Pin ...

. The name for the station came from a contest; the winning entry drew from the fact that the Mixtec people are known as the ''pueblo de la lluvia'' (People of the Rain). Attempts to obtain a permit legally were met by denials alleging a radio station could not be economically or technically viable, and when a legal action was turned away, Estéreo Lluvia began unlicensed operations. Operating in this manner exposed the station to potential raids by federal police. The first came either in 2002 or 2003 and saw members of the

Federal Police A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for law enforcement within a specific jurisdiction through the employment and deployment of law enforcement officers and their resources. The most common type of law enforcement ...

break down the door to the municipal government offices in order to seize the station's assets. By April 2004, the station was back on air, broadcasting from a new building; additionally, a civil association had been set up to hold the station's assets. In 2006, federal police returned to Tututepec to raid Estéreo Lluvia. At the time, a host was on the air, and she had time to alert the residents to the police action; within minutes, hundreds of residents surrounded the federal police forces and managed to recover most of the seized station equipment. In March 2017, Estéreo Lluvia received a concession for an indigenous radio station to operate on 106.1 MHz, within the Article 90 reserved band for community and indigenous stations; it also received the callsign XHTUT-FM at this time.

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{{Oaxaca Radio Radio stations in Oaxaca Community radio stations in Mexico Indigenous radio stations in Mexico Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca Radio stations established in 2002