XEQIN-AM/XHSQB-FM (''La Voz del Valle'' – "The Voice of the Valley") is an
indigenous
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community radio
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station that broadcasts in
Spanish
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* 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, Cana ...
,
Mixtec
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,
Zapotec and
Triqui from
San Quintín in the
Mexican state
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of
Baja California
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.
It is run by the
Cultural Indigenist Broadcasting System
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(SRCI) of the
National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples
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(CDI).
History
XEQIN began broadcasting on 15 June 1994 on 1290 kHz with a power of 2,500 watts. In the first quarter of 2006, its transmission facility was upgraded to 10,000 watts and it relocated to
1160 kHz. It transmits daily from 05:00 to 19:00 hours, with a potential audience of 260,000 people. The indigenous-language speakers it targets are mostly
migrant worker
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Migrant worker ...
s from the southern states of
Oaxaca
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,
Guerrero
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and
Puebla
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. XEQIN-AM is a daytime-only station because it broadcasts on the United States
clear-channel
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frequency of 1160 kHz, on which
KSL is the dominant station.
In 2016, the CDI obtained an FM frequency to simulcast XEQIN, XHSQB-FM 95.1, which began test transmissions in January 2018.
External links
XEQIN websiteFCC information on XEQIN
References
Indigenous peoples of Oaxaca
Mixtec-language radio stations
Trique-language radio stations
Zapotec-language radio stations
Radio stations in Baja California
Sistema de Radiodifusoras Culturales Indígenas
1994 establishments in Mexico
Radio stations established in 1994
Daytime-only radio stations in Mexico
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