Radio Rebelde
Radio Rebelde (English: Rebel Radio) is a Cuban Spanish-language radio station. It broadcasts 24 hours a day with a varied program of national and international music hits of the moment, news reports and live sport events. The station was set up in 1958 by Che Guevara in the Sierra Maestra region of eastern Cuba, and was designed to broadcast the aims of the 26th of July Movement led by Fidel Castro.
| Type | Radio network |
|---|---|
| Country | Cuba |
| Motto | La emisora de la Revolución (The Station of the Revolution) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Cuban Institute of Radio and Television |
Key people | Gerardo Calderín Gainza (General Director) Agustín Taquechel Campos (Chief Editor) Ernesto Che Guevara (Founder) |
| History | |
| Launch date | February 24, 1958 |
| Coverage | |
| Availability | FM, AM and shortwave |
| Links | |
| Website | radiorebelde.cu |
Transmitting on shortwave, Radio Rebelde also broadcast the latest combat news, music and spoken literature to the people of Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. Today, Radio Rebelde has forty-four transmitters on the FM dial covering 98 percent of the island of Cuba, plus a shortwave signal on the 60-meter band at 5.025 MHz, (5025 kHz) and several AM transmitters on various frequencies, most commonly 530, 540, 550, 560, 600, 610, 620, 670, 710, 770, 1180, and 1620 kHz, and on FM 96.7 MHz in Havana.