Radio Stations Broadcasting in Quechua

There are many radio stations in the Andes that broadcast in Quechua, though almost all have most of their programming in Spanish, with Quechua only at certain times. Those with the highest proportion of programming actually in Quechua are usually those broadcasting to more rural areas rather than big cities. Moreover, there are few Quechua programmes with large amounts of discussion in Quechua. Most programming in Quechua is of one of the following two types:

· huayno music tracks, interspersed with a few minutes of Quechua commentary

· religious stations, often evangelical.

This page by no means covers all Quechua radio stations. I will improve it when I can but I wanted to make this information available in some form as soon as possible. There may well be other more up-to-date lists on other websites, I suggest you search for them.

As you can see, there aren’t many stations listed here, and some details are lacking because I’ve only heard about these stations from other people.

There are certainly very many more radio stations that broadcast in Quechua, and I’d be delighted to hear details of them, and will put them on this page as soon as I can. Click here to email me with any more information.

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Worldwide
(on Short Wave)

Worldwide

Thanks to Normand Raymond of AMÉRILINGUE in Montréal, Canada for the information on this radio station (and to Mike Donovan for his corrections!):

Radio channel name:	HCJB «La Vóz de los Andes»
City based in:	somewhere in Ecuador
Band:	SW
Frequency:	somewhere in the 49, 41 and 31 bands
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	Full details not yet available, but for instance can be heard around 5 am, and again between 9 and 10 pm Ecuadoran and Peruvian time, i.e. also US and Canadian ‘Eastern Time’. [This is GMT –5, so around 10h00 and again between 02h00‑03h00 GMT].
Quechua programme language and details:	Broadcasts in Quechua (or ‘Quichua’ since this is from Ecuador), Spanish, English, French and other languages
Who to contact:	www.hcjb.org

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Peru

Radio channel name:	Radio Mensajero (a religious station)
City based in:	somewhere in the Valle Sagrado, near Cuzco
Band:	FM
Frequency:	94.90
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	Daily in the evening, perhaps other times during the day too
Quechua programme language and details:	Programmes alternate between Spanish and Quechua, but quite a lot of Quechua
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	?
City based in:	Chinchero, near Cuzco
Band:	FM
Frequency:	104.50
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	Daily in the evening, perhaps other times during the day too
Quechua programme language and details:	Programmes alternate between Spanish and Quechua, but quite a lot of Quechua, especially between huayno songs!
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	Radio Tawantinsuyu
City based in:	Cuzco
Band:	MW and SW
Frequency:	MW 1200 m and SW 6175 kHz /‌ 6175 kHz
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	Thursdays and perhaps other days too, 14h30 or earlier?
Quechua programme language and details:	Quechua lessons, given mostly in Quechua. Apparently given by a member of the Cuzco Quechua Language Academy.
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	Radio Noticiero
City based in:	Cuzco (Calle Heladeros 157, 2o piso)
Band:	FM
Frequency:	95.3
Quechua programme name:	Sábados en Familia
Quechua programme time:	Saturdays, 12h00 – 13h00
Quechua programme language and details:	Quechua discussion, interspersed with huayno music in Quechua only.
Who to contact:	Julia Silva Flórez

Radio channel name:	?
City based in:	Cuzco
Band:	SW
Frequency:	1200 kHz
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	?
Quechua programme language and details:	I’ve occasionally heard Quechua on this channel, mostly between lots of huayno songs!
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	Radio Santa Monica
City based in:	Cuzco area
Band:	FM
Frequency:	93.80
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	?
Quechua programme language and details:	I’ve occasionally heard Quechua on this channel, mostly between lots of huayno songs!
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	?
City based in:	Cuzco area
Band:	FM
Frequency:	91.70
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	?
Quechua programme language and details:	I’ve occasionally heard Quechua on this channel, mostly between lots of huayno songs!
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	?
City based in:	Cuzco area
Band:	FM
Frequency:	82.80
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	?
Quechua programme language and details:	I’ve occasionally heard Quechua on this channel, mostly between lots of huayno songs!
Who to contact:	?

Radio channel name:	Radio Sicuani
City based in:	Sicuani, between Cuzco and Puno
Band:	?
Frequency:	?
Quechua programme name:	?
Quechua programme time:	?
Quechua programme language and details:	Used to have several programmes in Quechua in 1997, I don’t know if they still do.
Who to contact:	José Aragón Aedo

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Bolivia

There must be plenty of stations in Bolivia broadcasting in Quechua. Here’s just one I know of.

Radio channel name:	Radio Pio XII
City based in:	Llallagua, northern Potosí department
Band:	SW
Frequency:	49 metre band, exact frequency not known
Quechua programme name:	many programmes in Quechua all day
Quechua programme time:	Monday to Friday until 22h30 Bolivian time
Quechua programme language and details:	many programmes in Quechua all day
Who to contact:	?

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Ecuador

No information as yet, other than the Ecuadoran radio channel HCJB www.hcjb.org «La Vóz de los Andes», in the worldwide section. More information will be posted here once I get any, especially once I’ve been to Ecuador in summer 2002.

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Argentina

Very little broadcasting in Quechua, but there is this:

Radio channel name:	Radio Cooperativa
City based in:	San Miguel de Tucumán.
Band:	FM
Frequency:	91.7
Quechua programme name:	Wayra Muyu (‘whirlwind’)
Quechua programme time:	Wednesday at 20h00.
Quechua programme language and details:	Programme is mostly in Spanish, but about Quechua and with some
Who to contact:	Ernesto Damián Sánchez Ance (also a tourist guide specialising in pre‑Hispanic history of north‑east Argentina) Av. Soldati 736, CP 4000 – A.M. de Tucumán. Argentina tel: 0054 381 4283874 email: runasimi79@hotmail.com also contact: Gilda Huayta Flores

Ernesto Damián Sánchez Ance also tells me that the Bolivian radio station Radio Pio XII can also be heard in north‑east Argentina.

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