[NYTr] Cuban Radio Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary

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Cuban Radio Celebrates Its 85th Anniversary

Havana, August 16 (acn) 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 Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón 
Labaño, René González and Fenando 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 developed 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.