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By
Mika Mäkeläinen
Unlike the other Lima stations which I visited, this one
is situated in the old downtown. I made a brief surprise
visit, as the station happened to be located near the office
of the state ombudsman, whom I interviewed. In fact, the
station is located inside a monastery, Convento Santo Domingo,
at Jirón Camaná 170. The alternative mail address is Casilla
Postal 4451, Lima 1.
I
picked up Radio Santa Rosa on 1500 kHz just two days
before going to Peru. The station has been heard abroad
often also on (or actually slightly off) the shortwave frequency
of 6045 kHz. An employee took me to see Director, Padre
Juan Sokolich A., O.P., who signed a QSL card. But a personal
visit is really not necessary. The station is known to verify
promptly, and can be contacted easily. The station has both
a website http://www.viaexpresa.com.pe/santarosa/
and an e-mail address santarosa@viaexpresa.com.pe.
Radio
Santa Rosa was founded in 1958, and on the occasion
of their 40th anniversary in 1998, a commemorative magazine,
or more likely a book, on the station was published, sponsored
by a couple of banks! About one third of the programming
is religious and another one third traditional cultural
programming.
Radio
Santa Rosa is good station to begin DXing Peruvian radio
stations. Not least because you're likely to get a QSL in
return - and you don't need to take the Peruvian radio round
yourself...
Finnish journalist and DXer Mika Mäkeläinen
on assignment April 1-12 in Peru, to cover the 2000 presidential
election,
also found time to visit some Peruvian radio stations.
Full report on  Mäkeläinen's
web site.
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