Radio Stations visited in Guatemala - 1963 Guatemala is bordered by Mexico to the North, Belize to the East and El Salvador and Honduras to the Southeast.

 

	Listen to the Marimba (Click Above) While you view the pictures, enjoy Ferrocarril de Los Altos, one of my favorite marimba compositions from Domingo Bethancourt.
	TGUX - Radio Panamericana, owned by the legendary Jaime Paniagua TGUX Studios Radio Panamericana announcer TGUX Control room from inside 10 kw AM transmitter build by staff Rear view of TGUX transmitter.
	Radio 5-60 and Channel 3 TV This station was part owned by ABC Television of the USA at this time. Studio of Radio Nuevo Mundo, 880 AM
	Radio Columbia Studio Location of Radio Columbia, 1240 AM Note the short antenna on roof... this is the radiator for this station. Columbia's Transmitter. At the time, this station was owned by Paco Rodríguez, who has been a radio traffic reporter in Los Angeles since the late 80's.
	TGW - Radio Nacional Gong and Mike in TGW, the national government station. Main Studio of TGW, 640 AM.
	Radio Ciro's 850 AM Building housing Ciro's, 850 AM Ciro's was one of the leading drama stations, featuring many soap operas from Mexico. Studio at Ciro's
	Emperador 920 AM Radio Emperador 910 AM antenna and building...  Rooftop antennas and towers were very common at that time in Guatemala and throughout Latin America. Emperador studio with one of the ubiquitous Sony 777 tape decks.
	Mystery Station Station I believe was Radio Quetzal (1270 AM) was on second floor of this building. Studio of this station... whatever it was! 1270 AM transmitter... with antenna on roof.
	TGY - Radio Progreso Master Control of TGY "Radio Progreso" 580 AM in Guatemala City.  Announcer on air at TGY In 1963, TGY had a nightly live marimba show at 7PM. I attended several times.

 

Radio Continental Station I believe was Radio Continental, 980 AM. Note broadcast antenna (longwire) on roof. The construction on the roof housed the AM station at 1420 AM which was called La Voz de la Eterna Primavera, honoring Guatemala's claim to a climate that was like eternal springtime. 1420's Studio.

 

Radio Sonora 1390 AM Radio Sonora, which moved form 1390 to 1140 while I was in Guatemala, had a well-listened to morning news block. Newscasters on the air TGXA studios

 

Radio Mundial Radio Mundial 700AM Lobby of La Voz de la Libertad, 620 AM. And Libertad's studio complete with ID chime.

 

TGHB Radio Universal, TGHB 760 building TGHB studio. This station is now Radio Super. View from lobby into TGHB studio.

 

Radio Reloj 1120 Rooftop antenna (wires that look like a horizontal ladder) of Radio Reloj, 1120 AM.

 

City of Escuintla In the town of Escuintla, this is Radio Palmera's studio. The rest of the station is totally open-air! Radio Palmeras transmitter on 570 AM. Also in Escuintla, this building housed either Radio Sur or Radio Escuintla.