2024-12-15 00:41:00
¡Radio Progress ninety five years old! He was born before the entire population of Cuba is almost alive today, which is less than fifteen hundred years old. During a good part of that station’s existence, the radio was the only thing a large number of families in the country had—not the least fortunate, not even that—only to inform and entertain them.
So Radio Progress He became a frequent companion of the people of Cuba, and he deserves respect that does not lie in notes intended as a blessing for the station that is approaching at least one hundred years of life. It had material support: its waves reached even beyond national borders, and an even more important one: the public’s choice.
The author of this article remembers that he heard the famous Jamaican intellectual Keith Ellis say that his first connections with Cuba—who has an example of solidarity with its people and its Revolution—were early in his home country listening to Cuban radio broadcasts , in particular. of Radio Progress. For the next century, a survey that collected testimonies like brother Ellis’s could be instructive.
In general, the interest generated by the station was based on the rich variety and quality of its programs. His distinctive motto, or self-christening, Wave of Joyalso talking about its spirit and purposes, and the way it was received by its huge audience. To properly evaluate their work, it would be necessary to systematically monitor their transmission, but even without it there will be no shortage of evidence, even when there are already abundant means of communication—sometimes incommunicado—, Radio Progress it continues to be widely received.
Just as it could be useful to explore in depth over time—over time—it has broadcast radio soap operas and adventure and comedy spots with great receptions, the station has paid particular attention to music in general , and on Cuban music in particular. Many years after the presence of the announcer who voiced the program – Ramón Álvarez Viejo?-, that “Aragonísimos dias!” still stands out in many memories. which presented the space dedicated to one of the most important orchestras in the country, the Aragón.
The station’s music library has been enriched over the years with various results that would provide, if preserved – as it is worth wishing for – a catalog from which a large part of the history of Cuban music in the 20th century and up to now could be traced. To give just one example, presentations and recordings with Benny Moré were among his milestones.
For as long as country has been a musical powerhouse worthy of continuing to cultivate and nurture itself, its legacy has had a formidable presence in that realm. Radio Progress. In addition to the spaces mentioned above, there are others who stood out, with the work that has been in them for years – cite another example – of Eduardo Rosillo, one of his pillars.
In line with the path taken, Progress He continues to have a special mission with Cuban music. In other words – maybe other people—, as well as praising the station, the columnist has expressed partial disagreement with its slogan “For the people, the music is best with the people.” He doesn’t know right now if he still keeps it as a text, but it would be beneficial if someone else’s spirit like “For the people, the music the people deserve.”
There is no need to resort to petulant paternalism or silly “pedagogies” to confirm something that seems to be beyond doubt, or should be affirmed: taste is also educated. And if this work were never to be idle, it is especially necessary when there is a proliferation of expressions in music, instead of being impoverished, which greatly infects the language and the customs: the behavior of the citizens. Demand is not the same as vulnerability, and it does not deserve to be subject to that confusion, belied by a legacy in which the participation of Ñico Saquito here, through Faustino Oramas, stood out for Juan Formell.
A professional in the use of the language said that the offensive bots of certain current letters could be compared to the degree of Vulgar Latin – in the final sense in which that sentence was uttered: Popular Latin, Non-academic Latin o not classic— from which the various Romance languages emerged. The subject would require further elaboration for which there is no space, but it does not seem necessary to go there to consider that such a comparison would be, at the very least, unsatisfactory and, above all, hopefully the verdict would be understandable i. it does not come true. If implemented well, there is no shortage of educational resources to prevent this.
It is probably the highest and most enduring achievement in the long line of humor of Radio Progress It was called “Alegrías de mesa”. That space was a hit with actors and actresses who ensured its effectiveness and put a gallery of intelligent characters in the popular imagination, and it was an example that popular and picaresque language does not have to fight vulgarity or rudeness.
It was maintained by a writer who had the necessary talent to reach their homes daily and delight audiences of various ages and training. But it’s not every day that a writer like Alberto Luberta comes along, and there are those who think that a country with so much ingenuity and natural humor owes it to comedy on the radio – and on television.
Although this text is unable to omit some names, it does not even aim to set out a largely incomplete inventory. To be at least close to a fair list, it would be necessary to include the representatives of the necessary technical staff, those responsible for production and direction in general, and the regiment of first-class actors and actresses who have honored to mention. Progressalso often outstanding in theatre, television and cinema.
A front represented almost randomly in the article by some individual references, which contain Radio Progress High is achieved, the place is. To recall another example, hardly anyone who enjoyed adventure programs decades ago forgot the unmistakable voice—“The storm is upon us! as an actor.
The site has various spaces marked Radio Progress. A good vocabulary and the ability to read correctly and effectively could or should be seen as a virtue, because they are so common, that they are not worth mentioning; but unfortunately that is not always the case. It has been achieved by the station almost a century old, although in praising its success one does not exactly think of the fight – according to this commentator – that occupied space as often as “Nocturno”, and maybe too. that of others, such as the radio soap operas.
Regarding the latter, as in other narrative and dramatic spaces, we should emphasize the contribution we made to adapting literary works to the medium of radio, and those written specifically for it. In the events—which were not the only space where the national heritage and the heritage of other countries were present—the exploits of the Vietnamese hero Nguyen Sun were shown in a completely Cuban way. And when you talk about the diversity of his program, the informative contributions must be kept in mind.
Without fear of incurring the commonplace – although commonplaces tend to tell great truths in the end – it is worth saying if Radio Progress If it didn’t exist, it would have to be invented. But it is there and, as well as being celebrated and at presence itself on the networks, it deserves the greatest care. It is desirable, even or especially among the often disheveled diversity of the media to thrive, it continues to be the essential Wave of Joy, without departing from its common meaning, alien to vulgarity.
Joy and beauty are not the most abundant treasures in the world, or especially in our national life, and Progress It must continue to represent the radio the people deserve.
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