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Pre-revolutionary Cuba was an early adopter of new technology, including TV. Cuba was the first Latin American country to have television. In December 1946, station CM-21P conducted an experimental multi-point live broadcast. Regular commercial broadcasting began in October 1950 with Gaspar Pumarejo's Unión Radio TV.
From 1969 to 1998, Christmas was a normal working day in Cuba. Official observance of Christmas was reinstated in 1998 after Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba. December 31 New Year's Eve: Fiesta de Fin de Año: New Year's Eve in Cuba is a public holiday where it is a day off for the general population, and schools and most businesses are closed.
Radio Musical Nacional (English: Musical National Radio), call sign CMBF, is a national classical music radio station in Cuba.It is heard on 590 kHz AM and 95.1 and 99.1 MHz FM in Havana and on FM transmitters nationwide.
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Circuito Nacional Cubano (English: Cuban National Network), was a radio station broadcasting from Havana, Cuba, [1] owned by several shareholders, including Fulgencio Batista (the President of the Republic of Cuba), it is heard on 590 kHz AM in Havana and region, being retransmitted throughout Cuba. The station broadcast for 4 years, between ...
Dec. 24—For many people, Christmas conjures up visions of Santa Claus in his red suit, reindeer dashing across the sky, snowmen in top hats, and presents under twinkling trees. Yet it's also ...
The Radiocentro CMQ Building complex is a former radio and television production facility and office building at the intersection of Calle L and La Rampa in El Vedado, Cuba. It was modeled after Raymond Hood 's 1933 Rockefeller Center in New York City . [ 1 ]
Businessman Goar Mestre [4] started construction of Radio Center, inspired by the Radio City in New York. [5] Mestre began broadcasts on Channel 6 (CMQ) on December 18 of that year. Under Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship censorship was imposed. [6] Radio's primary purpose in Cuba was to enhance the "high culture" education of the Cuban citizen.