Peru: Radio Ayabaca
Date Station Freq Time Comments Source
1997-09-13 R Ayabaca 7141.8 2317 local songs/band with lots of drumming. (ham QRM) weak 23332 (Steyn) DXWin 81
1997-08-30 Radio Ayabaca 7141.85 1153-1158 (b/out by Chinese stn on 7140kHz). It was May 4, 1997 when I heard the station on 7141.96 kHz for the last time, here in Tokyo. (TIN) DXWin 80
1997-08-02 R Ayabaca 7141.7 2148 (new fq) - talk show run by "maestro curandero", prgr of HC music started on top of the hours. Weak. (Klemetz, DatelineBogota) DXWin 75
1997-07-03 Radio Ayabaca ? 7141.73 2311 Spanish, Man announcer, all huayno music, time checks. Many mentions of 'Los Andes'. Poor signal. (Mohrmann July 3) Previously reported by TIN on May 4 in Cumbre 137. WRTH shows Radio Altura on 7143 variable. (Buch) Cumbre 146
1997-05-04 Radio Ayabaca 7141.96 1154-1200 Eventually I cached its signal here in Japan after I have heard it during my latest stay in Lima, in January 1997. (TIN May 4) Cumbre 137
1996-12-30 Radio Ayabaca 7141.4 1200-1245 vy strong signal. OA folklore show . ID was announced as "7 y 45 minutos, la hora que informa Radio Ayabaca, la radio que esta siempre en el corazon del pueblo. Buenos dias, buenos dias, mi linda gente, hasta la Provincia de Ayabaca .... transmite Ayabaca Radio en 7150 kHz banda de los 41 metros, desde sus estudios en Jiron Comercio 437, Ayabaca, capital de la fe, en el Departamento de Piura." The announcer said that the station reactivated again after a couple of days' silence due to technical problem, but the equipment was repaired by Miliciades Echevarria, a radio-engineer living in Trujillo. Radio Ayabaca uses a transmitter which was formerly used by Radio Altura in Huarmaca. (TIN Peru) DXWin 48
1996-12-26 R Ayabaca 7142.95 0245-0313 SP anncmnts, LA mx, OA mx. ID at 0302. S/off w/NA. Better than usual. (Alexander Dec 26) Cumbre 119
1996-12-07 R Ayabaca 7143 0000 the stn closed at midnight, promising to return on the air by 5 am. (Klemetz DLB Cumbre 117
1996-11-23 R Ayabaca 7143 2348 time check and spoken id by man; started a song but then resumed talking with another id. Long set of Latin vocals then played, some morse QRM. (Johnson Nov 23) Cumbre 114
1996-11-22 R. Ayabaca ? 7142.90 1000-1030 SP anncmnts; OA folk mx; tentative ID. TNX to Henrik Klemetz tip on WOR; also heard on 7142.94 (t) from 0230-0328* w/SP tlk; OA mx; no ID heard, but signed off with Peruvian NA. (Alexander PA Nov 22 & 23) Cumbre 116
1996-11-22 R Ayabaca 7143 1122 7142.8-7143v; "su nueva frecuencia", apologizing for being late; usually audible also around midnight with "Congratulaciones musicales". I somehow feel this stn is here to stay for quite a while. (Klemetz/Dateline Bogota) DXWin 41
1996-11-15 R Ayabaca 7143 2200 Unid Peruvian reported in Cumbre DX 112 is R Ayabaca, in the town of the same name, Piura dept., almost on the Ecuadorian border, Nov 15, 2200, w/ a comunicado from "la municipalidad provincial de Ayabaca" and the never-failing want-ad for a missing mule. Rather weak signal. Announces "7150 kHz para el Peru y el mundo". (Klemetz, Dateline Bogota) Cumbre 113