Radio Cultural Amauta 99.9 FM

Radio Cultural Amauta broadcasts on 99.9 FM from Huanta, a city in the Ayacucho region of the Peruvian Andean highlands. The station was founded on November 7, 1960, and traces its origins to the work of the United States Presbyterian Mission, which arrived in Huanta in 1942. The missionaries chose radio because the remote, hard-to-reach mountainous terrain made personal outreach difficult. The name “Amauta” is a Quechua word meaning “teacher” or “master”.

Today, the station is supported by an association of Presbyterian leaders and operates as a Christian broadcasting station. Its programs are primarily aimed at Quechua-speaking listeners and are broadcast partly in Quechua and partly in Spanish. Programs include “Chaski-Willay”, “Dios-Nuqanchikwan”, “Hogar Feliz” and “Vida Real”. The shows are hosted by Pastor Abel Sánchez, Pastor Heber Berrocal, Feliciano Tello and Lucinda Mora.