The Miami Herald says that Radio and TV Martí will lay off 20 percent of their workforce in a shake-up aimed at retooling the anti-Castro stations in the face of a steep federal budget cut. In its funding request to Congress, the agency that oversees the Miami-based Radio and TV Martí submitted a budget that allocates $2.4 million less to the controversial broadcasts.
The stations will change formats in response to the proposed budget cut. Radio Martí will go to an all-news format, and TV Martí will have a five-minute news update every half hour, with other shows in between.
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on May 13th, 2009 at 14:02
All news all the time?! Radio and TV Martí should learn from their RFI colleagues and switch to all-music format as a response to agency’s plans!
on May 14th, 2009 at 14:29
As soon as America and Cuba finally kiss and make-up (shortly?), the entire Marti operation will be shut down as being no longer necessary (from a US perspective). That’s good. I’d love to visit Cuba…