AM Technical Profile: Radio Martí
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- Frequency:
- 1180
- Format:
- Spanish language
programming
- Transmitter
Location:
- [map]
Marathon Key, FL, down Blimp Road. (Blimp Road refers to the
launching point where the blimp that carries TV Martí is housed.)
- Power (ERP):
- 100,000 watts day
- 50,000 watts
night
- Antenna:
- 4 Towers: Highly
directional towards Cuba.
- Other
Information:
- [Wikipedia]
- Unlicensed
government operation targeting Cuba. RADIO MARTÍ sends anti-Castro radio
and television into Cuba from the Florida Keys. The station can be
received only at night in the Mobile Bay area.
Silent
- History:
- See the Wikipedia
link, above, for a good overview of Radio Martí's history.
In the early months of 2025 the station was taken silent as part of
the DOGE cuts to government by the Trump administration.