CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Spend a weekend in this upscale city that’s home to the University of Miami and is adjacent to the famed Calle Ocho quarter and you’ll hear the occasional conversation in English. Here, español is the dominant language, and the distinct Cuban dialects of those recently arrived clash with those of the Mariel and Pedro Pan generations, respectively. And while the whole of South Florida is now a ribbon of flags and voices representing all of Iberoamérica, Cuban Americans remain a vital part of the political and economic engine that is El Gran Miami.
That could explain why an individual who has spoken out against loosening the 39% national broadcast TV ownership reach cap and emerged as a nemesis of the NAB earlier this year has decided to acquire two of the most historically important radio stations to Cubans outside of the reach of the government formed by the late Fidel Castro.
