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Cuban radio in Key West

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Can you hear Cuban radio or picked up Cuban TV in Key West FL? I know Havanna is 90 miles from Key West, but can you pick up? If you can pick up Cuban radio, what radio station can you pick up?
 
It can certainly be done. I go to the Keys about 10x a year for that purpose.

It's not easy though. An outdoor antenna is a must, if you want a watchable picture. Check the threads I started in the "Got Analog TV DX?" column at www.wtfda.info .....pictures included :)

[Note: getting FM from Cuba is even tougher.]

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Our experience is that while AM radio stations in Cuba tend to be overpowered, the FMs are underpowered and the TVs are just about right. Many of their stations were established by American companies after WW2 and in the early 1950's.
 
ai4i said:
Our experience is that while AM radio stations in Cuba tend to be overpowered, the FMs are underpowered and the TVs are just about right. Many of their stations were established by American companies after WW2 and in the early 1950's.
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Huh? There was essentially no American involvement in radio in Cuba in the pre-Castro years. The major force was Goar Mestre's CMQ radio, an offshoot of which was Reloj Nacional, the world's first all news operation, and CMQ television, the first TV channel in Latin America.

While there are a few of the Czech 60 and 120 kw transmitters still running, mostly at reduced power, there was only one 300 kw AM transmitter. Most Cuban stations are in the 1 to 10 kw range. There are a few 30's, but nothing like the power in Venezuela and Colombia with many 50 kw and 100 kw stations.
 
Wish I spoke more spanish just to get an insight into how their "news" media reports. Probably 1000x more boring that US news. Does RR report on a lot of routine domestic disturbances, kittens up trees, booming crop production, international, or what?
 
ai4i said:
Wish I spoke more spanish just to get an insight into how their "news" media reports. Probably 1000x more boring that US news. Does RR report on a lot of routine domestic disturbances, kittens up trees, booming crop production, international, or what?
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When Castro completed his takeover, Reloj Nacional became Radio Reloj. As such, it is an organization of the central committee, and is basically propaganda based.

OTOH, as Reloj Nacional, the station had extensive national coverage, with reporters in all the major cities, mobile units and spot news coverage as well as international news and sports. It was pretty much the New York Times of the air for Cuba, a very important quality when at that time there was a high illiteracy rate and many depended on radio to get the news. The Circuito CMQ - Reloj Nacional - CMQ Television group was considered the most advanced broadcast operation in Latin America, in fact. So good was Cuban broadcasting that Cuban exiles went to run the leading radio or TV operations in Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Perú and others following Castro's revolution.
 
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