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Their first steps

68 years have passed since Pinasco Rice debuted in the booths of Radio Loreto in Iquitos. During that time he shared his school duties as host of “La Disco Sudamericana” and at night he supported his father in the family business.

“I also dabbled in radio play because I never said ‘no’. I became a member of the Sports Journalists’ Circle of the East“, remember.

In 1958, a year after finishing school, he came to Lima to study for a university degree and look for new jobs. After three unsuccessful applications to the University of San Marcos, he applied to the journalism school at Catholic University, which he entered with merit.

“While studying, he worked at Radio Miraflores. I came through a competition. I was there for three years. Then I worked at Radio Lima and Radio Sol instead of permanent announcers. I was on almost all the sports shows, with all the greats of the time“, he points out after recalling his time at El Diario, a tabloid launched by La Prença.

“In that paper, which came to thank my friend and university classmate Alfredo Gatto, I covered all the parts. When I was at the shows, Guido Monteverde, who wrote in Última Hora, told me that to win the shows you have to beat everyone. I never followed your advice”, he assures.

‘Rulito’ from ‘La Donna’

An important turning point in the professional path of Luis Angel Pinasco was, without a doubt, his meeting with Maria Felix on Channel 2. ‘La Doña’, the most beautiful face of the golden age of Mexican cinema, particularly boosted her then-burgeoning television career.

“When La Donna arrives, Eduardo Cavero, for some reason, believes that she will do comedy parts and seeks out a comedian (Miguel Arnaiz) to interview her. Ideally, I would have done that, but she asked me to take her where she wanted: for a walk, eat, drink, and Chanel would cover all expenses.“Louis Angel remembers.”But Miguelito’s interview didn’t go well, and it turned tense because Maria Felix doesn’t like double meaning jokes. So, when they were done, she told the manager that she wanted me to interview her in the next four days on the channel.“, remember. The press reported this fact as follows: “El Rulito de la Donna‘”.

After spending two years at Channel 2, Pinasco moved to America TV, first as a replacement for such notables as Pablo de Madalengoidea and Kiko Ledgard. He later co-hosted the channel’s flagship newscast with his wife Matalengoidia and Sonia Oquendo.

“I met great people at Channel 4. For example, Kiko was so special and restless that he wore five watches: three on one hand, two on the other. Each was a different hour, but when you asked him the time, he said the correct one. [ríe]. “He wore different colored socks and had a small, round BMW with a propeller on top,” he recalled.

Master plan

In 1986, Louis Angel began a different phase in his career, hosting the historical game show “Tricky Track”. The most popular international artistes have marched through this venue, which has been on air for seven years. Big prizes were awarded and La Colita’s exotic dance became a classic on Peruvian television.

“The host of the show was Sonia and the voice actor was Hugo Salazar. I wrote the script for him. I also wrote the opening song. I took a tail dance from Don Francisco’s ‘Sabato Gigante’. We started in two hours, then four hours, finished in six hours. Just then Cadet Pinasco who was Bruno comes out. I was going to enroll him in the Leonzio Prado school so that he would wake up and I named him Cadet because he was very shy at that time. Then he started liking television, look what he is now,” he says proudly.

“My children have outlived me, they have earned more money than me. Bruno has interviewed more artists than me and he does it in English too. “I don’t speak the language,” he clarifies.

Sportsman

Luis Angel Pinasco is the only Peruvian journalist to cover eight World Cup soccer matches. The first was in 1970, in Mexico. In November 2022, He was recognized on the Walk of Fame located at the studio in Pacchamac with a star next to his name. He is part of the cast of the most watched show on Peruvian television “Al Fondo Hay Sitio” and has been the main voice of “Cinescape” reports for almost two decades.

“I don’t think I have anything to do. I just want to be an astronaut,” he jokes. “I have already recorded some scenes for this year’s series. I don’t know when they will come out, but now they are giving more space to the youth. There are new characters, the usual. has changed,” he asserts.

reincarnation

Luis Angel is enjoying one of the most productive periods of his career. Arterial thrombus, He threatened to remove his right leg in 2022.

“I could not even walk 25 meters due to leg pain and had to sit. When I went to the emergency room and told the doctors what I had, they told me they couldn’t operate on these things. No doctor wanted to operate on me, until I met my savior, Dr. Americo Pena, thanks to whom I kept my leg. He operated on me. I still have two meniscus surgeries and I have two prostheses. But no matter how many national team doctors have operated on me, menstrual surgeries never go well. The doctor at the sports university did one for me. The other, Alianza Lima’s. I have a classic here”, he points out with a smile.

83-year-old Luis Angel Pinasco assures that the passing of the years doesn’t bother him. He accepts it with gratitude and responsibility. He hopes to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary with Sonia [llevan 48 años juntos], with whom, he confesses, he fell in love from the first day he saw her. “I’m still in love,” she insists.