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International Freedom of Expression eXchange Clearing House
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Date: 20 July 1995

MEXICO: Suspension on Radio Huayacocotla lifted

ORIGINATOR: Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (CCPJ),
Toronto

Source: World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC), Montreal; Radio Huayacocotla

          **Updates IFEX alert dated 8 May 1995**

On 12 July 1995, representatives of Radio Huayacocotla, a radio
station which was suspended in March, met with the Executive
Director for Broadcasting Systems of the Secretariat for
Communications and Transport (SCT), a Mr. Gonzalez Luna. Gonzalez
Luna authorized Radio Huayacocotla to resume broadcasting on its
short wave band. On 13 July, official written confirmation of the
lifting of the suspension outlined the technical shortcomings
identified in the March inspection of the station, and set out "a
deadline of 30 days from the date of acknowledgement of receipt
of this document to rectify technical problems identified in the
inspection and make all necessary repairs to equipment and
installations."

In terms of the radio station's request for an (Amplitude
Modulation) AM license, the SCT official indicated that the
request would need to be handled as a request for a new permit to
broadcast, rather than as a conversion of the station's frequency
from short wave to AM.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Please send appeals to authorities below:
-welcoming the SCT's decision to lift the suspension order on
Radio Huayacocotla
-noting that the granting of an AM license to the station would
represent a significant contribution to the role of the media in
the democratic process in Mexico

APPEALS TO:

Lic. Esteban Moctezuma
Secretario de Gobernacion
Secretaria de Gobernacion
Bucareli Mexico D.F., Mexico
Fax +52 5 592 0584/546 7388

Lic. Patricio Chirinos Calero, Gobernador del Estado de Veracruz
Palacio de Gobierno
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Fax +52 28 17 7503/17 0176/17 3281

Lic. Carlos Ruiz Sacristan
Secretario de Comunicaciones y Transportes
Mexico D.F., Mexico
Fax +52 5 519 0692

Please copy appeals to the originator if possible.

Radio Huayacocotla can be reached directly through: Alfredo
Zepeda, Radio Huayacocotla, Dom. Gutierrez Najera s/n, 92600
Huayacocotla, Veracruz, Mexico; telephone: +52 775 8 0067; fax:
+52 775 8 0178; e-mail: framos@uibero.uia.mx.

For further information, contact CCPJ, 490 Adelaide St.W., suite
205, Toronto, Ontario M5V 1T2, Canada, tel:+1 416 703 1638,
fax:+1 416 703 7034, e-mail: ccpj@web.apc.org

The information contained in this alert is the sole
responsibility of its originator.
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   Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires
      World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
          Asociacion mundial de radios comunitarias
3575 Blvd. St. Laurent, Suite 704     Email: amarc@web.apc.org
Montreal, Quebec                         Tel: (1-514) 982-0351
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