Pedro Ferriz Santacruz Explained

Pedro Ferriz Santacruz
Birth Name:Pedro Ferriz Santacruz
Birth Date:March 17, 1921
Birth Place:Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
Death Place:Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation:Journalist
Education:UNAM
Known For:Radio and television presenter in Mexico.
Parents:Pedro Ferriz Monroy
Josefina Ferriz (née Santacruz)
Children:Pedro Ferriz de Con

Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, (March 17, 1921[1] – September 3, 2013) was a veteran radio and television presenter in Mexico.

His long career includes programs such as Noticiario Nescafe, Las trece del trece and La Pregunta de los 64,000 Pesos (The $64,000 Question). One of his best-known programs is Un mundo nos vigila (A world is watching us), a radio show about the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, which started on station XEW and was later broadcast on the Imagen Radio network until his death.

Ferriz Santacruz was a candidate for the Party of the Cardenist Front of National Reconstruction (PC) as a senator in 1991 and in 1997, the party's last election, for Head of Government of Mexico City.[2]

Pedro Ferriz Santacruz was the son of Pedro Ferriz Monroy, a railroader, and Josefina Santacruz, a school teacher, also was the father of radio and television news announcer Pedro Ferríz de Con and grandfather of announcer Pedro Ferriz Hijar.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celebra Pedro Ferriz Santa Cruz 90 años de vida . GrupoFórmula . March 17, 2011 . 2011-04-01 .
  2. News: Siempre! . February 20, 1997 . 'Un pueblo nos vigila': alto a la sobrepoblación (Interview) . 2011-04-01 .