During much of the early 1980's, shortwave broadcast stations from Peru were reasonably good verifiers of listener reception reports. But as economic conditions deteriorated, so did the reply rates from this country's shortwave broadcast stations. However, recently I have noted a slight upturn in replies from this part of Latin America. Perhaps, it was just a series of reports to the right stations. However, a DXer is always hopeful that a few good replies is indicative of a trend.
Radio is the chief means of mass communication in Peru.
The country has hundreds of broadcast radio stations, some of which transmit in both Quechua and Spanish. Of particular interest to the shortwave broadcast DXer are over 150 stations in the 1993 edition of the World Radio Television Handbook listed as broadcasting on shortwave from Peru. Many of these stations are low-powered and rarely heard. Others transmit on very erratic schedules. Just about all radio stations in Peru suffer from power shortages which can curtail the broadcast day in this country.