[A-DX] Cuban Radio celebrates its 85th Anniversary

["walter eibl" <we@xxxxxxxx>]

> Cuban Radio celebrates its 85th Anniversary
>
> Cuba was one of the first Latin American countries to develop a radio
> broadcasting network. The first radio station was inaugurated on August
22,
> 1922.
> Celebrations for the 85th anniversary of the birth of Cuban radio began on
> Thursday with a pilgrimage to the final resting ground of Luis Casas
Romero,
> known as the father of Cuban radio.
> The national radio system boosts a large audience and is comprised of 87
> radio stations across the island.
> Among the activities to celebrate the anniversary will be an award
ceremony
> to be held at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana recognizing
outstanding
> workers in all areas of national radio broadcasting.
> Celebrations will include the presentation of a cancellation stamp
> commemorating the anniversary and a interactive forum on the five Cuban
> antiterrorist fighters unjustly held in US prisons for more than eight
> years.
> Cuban radio has made a significant contribution to the international
> campaign for the freedom of Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon
> Labañino, Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez, known worldwide as the
Cuban
> Five. The forum will open on Saturday at the Jose Marti International
> Institute of Journalism in Havana.
> Cuba was one of the first Latin American countries to develop a radio
> broadcasting network. The first radio station was inaugurated on August
22,
> 1922.
> Radio Rebelde, the Cuban revolution's radio station, broadcasted for the
> first time on February 24, 1958 opening a new period in the history of
radio
> on the island.
> The Cuban Radio and Television Institute was created on May 24, 1962 with
> the purpose of extending broadcasting to the whole territory.
>
85th Anniversary celebrations also included launch of the Portal of the
Cuban Radio (a service in English Language) at www.cubanradio.cu

Full story at :
http://www.cubanradio.cu/news/august_07/the_cuban_radio_in_its_85th_anniversary.asp

Also read this.......Thanks to the radio
http://www.cubanradio.cu/documentals/thanks_to_the_radio.asp

The history of the radio broadcasting in Cuba
http://www.cubanradio.cu/history_of_cuban_radio.asp

> Source: Radio Rebelde
> ----------------------------------------------
> Alokesh Gupta
> New Delhi, India.
>

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