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Article: 'Even though it's off the air, the U.S. is pumping some $60,000 a day into TV Marti.' (U.S. government television broadcasting aimed at Cuba) (Column)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- August 9, 1993
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Fat Albert ended his career ingloriously, washing up flat as a pan-cake on Little Knock 'em Down Key. The giant helium-inflated airship, bobbing aloft like a Macy's Day happy-face float, had sprung a leak and belched its way three miles east, plummeting into a mangrove swamp on March 4.
From its tethered perch 10,000 feet above the Florida Keys, Fat Albert had beamed U.S. government video programs toward Havana, I 10 miles away, through a TV transmitter in its nose. Although it's "off the air" indefinitely, the U.S. pumps some $60,000 a day into the TV service that isn't seen by anyone.
TV Marti went on the air three years ago to bring the "truth" to ...