Radio Universitaria FM will broadcast a series of programs about Sixto Cortés Alcayaga

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The new radio space will present the legacy of the outstanding professor and musician, who was director of the ULS Folkloric Ensemble and founder of the Tuna San Bartolomé.

“Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore in our University and the Coquimbo Region” is the title of the new cycle of programs that Radio Universitaria FM, the station of the University of La Serena, will broadcast starting this Sunday, October 7 thanks to the financing of the Fund for the Promotion of Social Communication Media of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council.

The cycle considers 4 programs in which the audience will be made aware of the legacy of the professor and musician, Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, who was director of the Folkloric Ensemble of the University of La Serena for more than forty years and founder of the first tuna university of the region, Tuna San Bartolomé, on December 13, 1990.

The host of this new radio space, Raúl “Talo” Pinto, will interview people linked to the musician, which will be complemented with the broadcast of musical recordings, the results of which will be sent via CD to various establishments in La Serena and Coquimbo.

“Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, a figure of folklore” will be broadcast on Sundays, at noon, through 94.5 FM and its online signal: http://www.userena.cl/index.php/comunicaciones/radio-universita.

Project financed by the Social Media Promotion Fund of the Government of Chile and the Regional Council.