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10-30-2006, 04:30 PM
Radio Santa Maria, originally a small AM radio station run by Jesuits in la Vega, and what is now both a powerful AM and FM station, has hit the half century mark. The station, known for its distance-learning programs, has enabled 93,000 people to get an eighth grade certificate. Most of the Dominican council of Bishops attended the mass celebrating the anniversary. The station started operations with an antenna in Santo Cerro, La Vega in October 1956. Its opening was blessed by Pope Pius XII. Currently, father Eduardo Garcia Tamayo says that the station has three main focuses. The first is reaching young people through their FM station, with the idea of teaching them values and providing a space for their questions. In the second place, the station is developing a high school distance-learning program, and finally, they are working on combining radio with new technologies, and have recently opened an Internet room.
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