[2] It mixed national music forms with public service features (lost and found, messages to individuals, official communications, but looking to develop more.)
[2] A native of Otavalo, Ecuador, and chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly investigated using radio as a tool for spreading the religion and serving the newly forming communities.
In early 1973 Raul Pavon leased Radio Turismo station and initiated fourteen hours of daily broadcasts.
In July 1973 the national assembly added the goal of a radio station to its budget and a committee to create programing.
Land was bought, a generator put in place, construction of buildings and equipment was gathered or fabricated on the spot.
It wasn't until 1981 that a suitable director was able to take up service by combining the qualities of being a Baháʼí, an experienced radio professional, and an Ecuadoran and able to volunteer.
In 1981 Marcelo Quinteros was appointed as the executive director of Radio Baháʼí Ecuador after essentially rising in place while serving at the station for the prior six years.
The Commission wrote to the Chilean Baháʼís about the development of their radio station that: The most important and indispensable thing is to maintain a happy, loving, spirited team-family.
About 1983 the station was operating 15hrs/day on AM and 4 hrs per day on short-wave and was the dominant cost of the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador even though most of its staff are volunteers who receive only a small stipend.
In addition to offices and studios the main cite houses a community garden plot, and a chosas style building as its meeting hall and hosts regional conferences as well.
A furniture store run by non-Baháʼís acts as the Cayambe regional offices for locals to drop off news and requests for airing on the station.
Initially the talking programming was simple recitation of the Baháʼí literature but by 1981 talking programming included coverage of development projects elsewhere Since its inception the religion has had involvement in socio-economic development beginning by giving greater freedom to women,[3] promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern,[4] and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics.
[3] The religion entered a new phase of activity when a message of the Universal House of Justice dated 20 October 1983 was released.
A wide range of organizations brought news releases to the station - associations of artisans, cooperatives, firefighters, primary and secondary schools, etc.
Programming informing the citizens of the availability of assistance in getting national ID cards for illiterate overwhelmed the local office - this campaign of creating documentation was noted as one of the most successful in Ecuador.
Imported materials in Spanish were translated into Quichua overcoming problems of language, accent, vocabulary, and format (monologues vs dialogs.)
[2] At one point Otavalo was officially raised in status to a city - various organizations developed special programing for the event.
Similar to the development in Ecuador, the Guaymi Cultural Center in Panama, for example, operates a radio station, holds annual music and dance festivals, an annual children's festival, regional women's conferences, regular consultations where Guaymi and other indigenous people can consult about their future, and other meetings.
It provides training for teachers of the rural secondary curriculum and for adult literacy instructors, assists eleven village schools, and supports local Baháʼí communities in the area by disseminating information on health care, farming, and other development topics.