"The new BBG can expect occasional poor reception," USC CPD blog, 18 December 2009.
US Senator "George LeMieux [R-FL] is threatening to hold up funding for the State Department to protest cuts at Radio and TV Marti he says would 'weaken our country's policies with respect to Cuba.' In a letter to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, LeMieux calls the proposed Senate cuts 'drastic.' The president has proposed cutting the agencies' budget by $4.2 million, but the Senate wants to go further, trimming $15 million. The Senate version also has a provision that specifically prevents international broadcasting dollars from being spent on TV Marti. LeMieux's move will force Senate leadership to round up at least 60 votes to get the 2010 budget for the State Department passed." Lesley Clark, Miami Herald blog, 13 October 2009, with link to pdf of LeMieux's letter.
Among ten steps to improve AM radio: "Marathon, Fla., has one AM station, with a directional array pointed away from the U.S. It’s time to make a deal to make it go away. ... We as loyal broadcasters stood mostly silent while our government attempted to reach Cuba with up to 100 kilowatts from this station, only to have Cuba successfully jam more than one frequency back at us. That jamming continues today. Write your congressman." Mark Heller, Radio World, 13 October 2009.
At press conference, confrontation between Michael Morales, who identified himself as a reporter from "American Forces Radio and Television Service, Voice of America and Radio and TV Martí" and NASCAR driver Juan Pablo Montoya. The NASCAR Insiders, 12 October 2009. There is a Miguel Ángel Morales who reports, or at least has reported, about NASCAR for Radio Martí. See (y escuche) his report on 20 October 2005. Update: BBG spokesperson informs me: "This stringer's contract was canceled over a year ago. As we told NASCAR he is not affiliated with Radio Marti or the Voice of America." Posted: 16 Oct 2009 Permalink Print