The El Comercio building burns in the aftermath of the 1949 broadcast.

Following a broadcast of The War of the Worlds in Quito, Ecuador, an enraged mob attacked the El Comercio newspaper building which housed Radio Quito... read more.

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Leonardo Páez.	The El Comercio building burns.	Alberto Valencia and Gonzalo Benítez perform at Radio Quito.
Quito circa 1949.	Los que siembran el viento by Leonardo Páez.

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