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Radio Garcia-Serra was a Cuban radio station founded in 1929.
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Radio Garcia-Serra was a Cuban radio station founded in 1929.
Jorge Garcia-Serra founded Radio Garcia-Serra in Havana, Cuba in late 1929. [1] The radio station was the second radio station established in Havana, and transmitted under the call letters CMCU at a frequency of 660 kc [2] which, at the time and throughout the 1950s, was the only frequency with a clear international frequency that could not be blocked or interfered.[ citation needed ]
In the early stages, Radio Garcia-Serra broadcast music and on-air novellas written by distinguished Cuban and Spanish writers of the time. [3] [4]
During the late 1940s and 1950s, the children of Jorge Garcia-Serra owned and managed the radio station, and Roberto Garcia-Serra [5] was named the General Manager.
In the late 1940s, when studio live radio-broadcast performances were common, Radio Garcia-Serra broadcast a program at 5 PM called “Tea Hour” (Hora del Té) where Celia Cruz, the world-famous singer and representative of Cuba, had her beginnings.
Also making a debut in Radio Garcia-Serra in that same year was Fajardo y sus Estrellas. [6] Other late 1950s studio live performances included, Orquesta Aragón, Orquesta Sensación y Barbarito Diez.
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