Chicago Tribune: Trouble At Radio/TV Marti

TRIBUNE SPECIAL REPORT

U.S. broadcast efforts in Cuba worth the cost?

Radio and TV Marti receive major taxpayer support but have a shrinking audience

By Andrew Zajac, Tribune national correspondent. Tribune foreign correspondent Gary Marx contributed to this report from Havana
Published December 14, 2006

MIAMI -- As Cuban President Fidel Castro battles serious illness and the nation he has ruled for more than four decades braces for change, the taxpayer-financed media outlets that the U.S. government counted on to communicate American values to Cuba find themselves invisible or ignored on the island.

After 20 years and more than $530 million, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting operates a radio station that by the U.S. government's own estimates has suffered a precipitous drop in listenership and a television station that may never have been seen by anyone in Cuba for more than a few minutes at a time.

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Comments

[Zaphir]

So this is the guy you were trying to beat, ha! Well Oscar, Zajac's reporting is better than yours. At least his article is not going to cause chaos and cancellations. And you know what? Simply, because he did his job properly.
By the way, we are not going to miss your friend Ana. Oh, what a shame, too much stress, she needs a break...She has proven that she's not tough enough for this business. Tell her to go and write that cheap Cuban American Literature, and we'll ask for the return of Jim Defede.
Bet your going to miss papa Fiedler a lot.