Welches in Peru

Welches in Peru
Our family (September 2020)

Monday, 22 May 2017

Two further FM licences in two states for Diospi Suyana

18 February 2017

Two more FM licenses were secured from the Perú regulator MTC; Chincheros province (about 7 hours’ drive due west of Curahuasi) and Puno on the infamous Lake Titicaca (about 11 hours’ drive south east of Curahuasi). 

Here is my edited version (which needed a few English corrections) of the original Diospi Suyana post by Dr Klaus John;

The Lima Country Club
One could call it a major breakthrough.  Yesterday 17 February, the Ministry for Communications issued a public tender for the FM radio frequency in Puno Province, which Diospi Suyana received.  0.23 million people live in the immediate vicinity of Lake Titicaca.  We also got a frequency in Chincheros Province, a part of Apurimac State.  Taken together with our frequencies in the Andahuaylas Province and Curahuasi, 0.5 million Peruvians live in the future catchment of our aerials.

The Ministry‘s Concurso Público is not for weak nerves.  The interested parties have to hand in their tenders beforehand in sealed envelopes.  The result is also dependent on the application date, the intended purpose (commercial vs social) and the place of residence of the interested party.  One has no second chances in the bidding process.  The motto is: “you have either won it or lost it”.  No one knows the contents of the other envelopes.  One wants to win narrowly, but there is the danger of totally missing the mark and getting nothing.

11 of our 23 fellow competitors scored better than we did.  Six frequencies were available in Puno.  Our bid was perfectly placed, so that Diospi Suyana was ranked second.

In Chincheros Province it was a totally different story: 3 buyers for the 4 frequencies.  The whole procedure only had a symbolic significance.

The Ministry for Transport and Communications (MTC) tenders radio and TV licences twice a year.  The event was held in the Country Club in Lima.

We thank God for this fantastic opportunity to be able to reach so many people in Diospi Suyana Hospital’s catchment area with a Christian family programme.

The official Perú MTC banner
Chincheros Province is in the western part of the State.  Here Diospi Suyana is ranked first in the bids.
Puno Province borders the famous Lake Titicaca.  Here Diospi Suyana is ranked second in the bids.
The Ministry’s commission has the final word.

Regards,

Chris

Here is the link to the original Diospi Suyana post in English;

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