MONTHLY REPORT--KEY WEST BUREAU--JULY 1983

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• Publication Date: August 5, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
KEY WEST BUREAU
MAIN P.O. BOX 1056
KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040
MFL - 3025
5 August 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Key West Bureau--July 1983
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The 26 July speech by Cuban President Fidel Castro
provided more excitement than usual this year. Castro, it had been
reported, was to make significant remarks on Cuba's position in re-
lation to the Central American situation just minutes before Presi-
dent Reagan was to hold a press conference. There was, therefore,
highest level interest in what Castro had to say. So much that a
White House advisor called the bureau chief directly for a sum-
mation of Castro's statements and he was still on the phone when
,Fidel finished speaking. Thus all significant information was in
the White House 15-20 minutes prior to the President's news con-
ference.
On the negative side, the takes of the Castro speech sent by
Key West at immediate precedence seemed to take an inordinate amount
of time to get to Washington.
2. A rather unusual event: CANA and NOTIMEX press agen-
cies experienced no outages during the month.
B. Technical
1. The corroded Archer rotor which was attached to
the BHH-160/B magnetic field antenna--an indispensible tool in the
bureau's cruising effort--has been replaced by a new Alliance rotor.
2. A considerable amount of time has been devoted to
repairing and making operational most of the eight Collins 651S re-
ceivers transferred from Abidjan. Three of these were received
during the month: SNs 2964, 3432, and 3436.
3. An attempt to bring cable TV into the bureau in
order to cover the Spanish-language (SIN) network for its coverage
of major Mexican events failed because, according to the system's
engineer, the nearest available point for tying into the system is
too far from the bureau to guarantee adequate signal strength. The
engineer did say, however, that the whole system in this area of
Key West was due for upgrading and redesign within the next year or
so. Therefore, it may be possible to get into the system at a later
date.
4. As paradoxical as it may sound, although the
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bureau has more than doubled in size, the more rational distri-
bution of racks and equipment has made it possible to considerably
shorten all signal and control cable runs, except for those leading
to the new workshop, thereby reducing the possibility of noise pick-
up and signal loss.
Key West Bureau, FBIS
STAT
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KEY WEST BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JULY 1983
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 144,900
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 16,580
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 570
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
BAHAMAS
Nassau Domestic Service in English
Nassau The Tribune in English
BARBADOS
Bridgetown CANA in English
Bridgetown Advocate-News in English
Bridgetown Sunday Advocate-News in English
BELIZE
Belize'City Domestic Service in English
CUBA
Havana Domestic Service in Spanish-
Havana Domestic Television Service in Spanish
BROADCASTS
2,575
min.
40,650
31,980
PRESS AGENCIES
14,700
min.
_ 47,180--
PUBLICATIONS
21
issues
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Radio Mil Network in Spanish
Santo Domingo Radio Clarin
Santo Domingo Radio Earth
GRENADA
St Georges Domestic Service in English
GUYANA
Georgetown Domestic Service in English
JAM'A ICA
.Kingston Domestic Service in English
Kingston Daily Gleaner in English
Kingston Sunday Gleaner in English
HEX ICO
Mexico City Voz de la America Latina in Spanish ----
Mexico City NOTI-~ in Spanish 15 , 380
ADM NISTRATIDTE - INTERNAL USE ONLY
BROADCAST PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
1- 320
460
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2--'1-9 90
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