Radio y Televisión Martí
US radio, television broadcaster to Cuba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radio Televisión Martí is an American state-run radio and television international broadcaster based in Miami, Florida, financed by the federal government of the United States through the U.S. Agency for Global Media (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors, BBG). It transmits propaganda in Spanish to Cuba and its broadcasts can also be heard and viewed worldwide through their website and on shortwave radio frequencies.
Type | International broadcasting |
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Country | United States |
Availability | Americas |
Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States |
Owner | U.S. Agency for Global Media |
Launch date | May 20, 1985 (radio) March 27, 1990 (television) |
Official website | www |
Language | Spanish |
Named after the Cuban national hero and intellectual José Martí, Radio Televisión Martí was established in 1983 and TV Martí was added in 1990.[1] The 2014 budget for the Cuba broadcasting program was approximately US$27 million.
Radio y Televisión Martí is overseen by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB).[2]
Radio Televisión Martí is an element of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB).