http://kimelli.nfshost.com/
Cancel TV and Radio Martí, he writes. "For years now, the U.S. has tried to
beam television programs into Cuba. The Cubans have by and large managed to
block them out so the U.S. is now having the signals broadcast from a plane.
This is most expensive and has had questionable success. In any event, the
programs are broadcast during the dawn hours, so it is doubtful that many
people would be watching even if they could receive the signals. The whole
exercise simply makes us look foolish. TV Marti should be cancelled, and in
fact so should Radio Marti; rather, we should go back to programs on the VOA.
These were widely listened to in Cuba and had great credibility, something
Radio Marti has never had." Wayne S. Smith, Counterpunch, 8 January 2009.
TV Marti during the "dawn hours"? In keeping with the typically poor job
that U.S. international broadcasting websites do in providing schedule
information about USIB radio and television, to find the TV Martí transmission
schedule, go to martinoticias.com and click not on TV Martí but on Radio Martí
Frecuencia (as if there were only one frecuencia). There, TV Martí is shown to
transmit (presumably via the airplane) on channel 13 at 18:00-22:00 Eastern
Time. That schedule also shows TV Martí 24-hours via satellite.
VOA Spanish remains audible (and unjammed) in Cuba via shortwave. The VOA
Spanish "Ventana al Caribe" program reports about Cuban events.
Shortwave, because of its natural resistance to jamming, remains the best
bet for getting uncensored news into Cuba. However, satellite television (to
illegal satellite dishes) and the internet are becoming more viable for this
purpose.
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