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...event was treated as a holiday. A thanksgiving Mass was held in Coconut Grove, and scores of jubilant Cuban Americans phoned radio stations to express their approval. On the 83rd anniversary of Cuba's independence, Radio Marti, a U.S.-sponsored anti-Castro radio service, kicked off its inaugural broadcast at 1180 on the AM dial with a short salutation, "Buenos dias, Cuba," followed by a gentle folk song...
...station also had its first big news item: three hours before the broadcast, Cuban President Fidel Castro showed his displeasure with the launching of Radio Marti by suspending a U.S.-Cuba immigration agreement arduously completed only last December. Castro was particularly galled that the Reagan Administration had named the station after Jose Marti, the 19th century Cuban patriot and writer who regularly warned his country about imperialism. Castro's action, which ends visits to Cuba by exiles living in the U.S., was a direct retaliation against Miami's fiercely anti-Communist Cubans, who had been lobbying for Radio Marti since...
...first two years. The station required more than 1 1/2 years to get on the air, in part owing to difficulty in assembling a qualified staff. Because wary legislators made the news service part of the Voice of America, Radio Marti must comply with that agency's mandate to broadcast "accurate, objective and comprehensive" news. The first day's 14 1/2- hour broadcast, which Cuba tried unsuccessfully to jam, included a melodramatic soap opera, tunes from Pop Singer Julio Iglesias and an interview in Spanish with Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda, who claimed that the island would have...
...best-known possession Murdoch may have to give up is his Australian citizenship. FCC regulations also bar foreigners from owning more than 20% of a broadcast license. Murdoch, who has lived in New York since 1974, announced that he will apply to become an American citizen. If his application is approved quickly, Murdoch could recite the Oath of Allegiance in a matter of weeks. Though Murdoch may seek dual citizenship, Australian law forbids it; unless Murdoch finds a legal loophole, he will be an American only...
...many radio sports directors demand a Mickey Mouse phone as part of their contracts? Kelly Michelle, for one. The pert, energetic seventh-grader can be heard every Monday morning on Boston's WROR, where her one-minute spot of sports news and scores is broadcast on the Joe and Andy Family show. Kelly Michelle uses only her first and middle names professionally, keeping her last name secret. She impressed the show's hosts when she called in last year and wound up as a regular, telling some of her favorite jokes. When she heard the station was looking...