2023-09-17 12:19:27
In the early hours of this Sunday the sad news of the death of a radio legend was known. The presenter of Tiempo de Juego on the COPE Network, Pepe Domingo Castaño Solar, has died at the age of 80 at the Zarzuela Hospital in Madrid. “Pepe has left suddenly, surrounded by his people,” as indicated by the chain of which he has been a part in recent years and of which he has been well loved.
News that left us all sad, especially his radio team, which, more than a work team, was a family. Part of the ‘Tiempo de Juego’ team has been on COPE’s Weekend Morning, remembering him and paying tribute to who has been his guide, his boss and his friend. The words of your professional colleague Manolo Lama, who was excited and with a broken voice, showed admiration and respect for the career of a professional who for him was an example to follow from a very young age.. “I was a child who had just arrived in the newsroom and I saw Iñaki Gabilondo, Pepe Domingo Castaño or Joaquín Prat walking, I remember that Radio Madrid brought these three greats together and made the famous program that began on Hoy por Hoy.”
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The Spanish sports announcer in his tribute to Pepe Domingo Castaño wanted to remember that Pepe revolutionized radio. “His way of doing radio was revolutionary,” since he knew how to combine advertising with information. Furthermore, in his speech at COPE he mentioned that he was and will be a radio genius and a master of communication who has taught us that we must live. “When I hear ‘Hello, hello,’ I know it will be closer than ever.” “He left us as he would have liked, without fighting, full of life, enthusiasm and desire, it is the best legacy he has left us.”
If Manolo Lama wanted to make something clear, it is that the Tiempo de Juego legend has left in the best possible way, “doing radio until the last minute” and leaving a mark that is impossible to erase on the entire team but, above all, in all listeners.
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