# Journalist and Radio Broadcaster Tomás García Fusté Dies

**Date:** 10/10/2023

The voice of Tomás García Fusté identified the radio station WQBA La Cubanísima in the eighties and nineties of the past century.

Journalist and radio broadcaster Tomás García Fusté, one of the first voices of the Cuban exile in South Florida, passed away in the early morning hours of this Monday at the age of 93.

García Fuste went into exile in the United States in the sixties of the past century, following Fidel Castro's rise to power.

The voice of Tomás García Fusté identified the radio station WQBA La Cubanísima in the eighties and nineties of the past century. With him at the helm, La Cubanísima was for many years the most listened-to radio station in Miami.

In addition to WQBA, he also worked at Radio Swan, La Fabulosa Radio, as well as at some radio stations in New York.

García Fuste's death has left heartfelt reactions in the Cuban exile community. For El Nuevo Herald, he was a figure of "extraordinary charisma, conciliatory, beloved by the public, a great boss and leader, and always willing to help, whether it was finding a job for a listener or raising funds for earthquake victims in Nicaragua".

"He was an icon of the Cuban exile. I remember when I arrived here as a child, I always listened to him giving the lists of Cubans who were arriving and a phrase he used to say: 'it is noon, let us pause to give thanks to God for living in a country of complete freedom,'" declared to the Telemundo network activist Ramón Saúl Sánchez, a personal friend of García Fuste.

Throughout his career as a communicator, he had the opportunity to converse with rulers of different countries, such as Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Margaret Thatcher, Óscar Arias, Alberto Fujimori, and José María Aznar.

Such was the impact of Tomás García Fusté on the Cuban community that an intersection between 7th Street and 30th Avenue in northwest Miami (Tomás García Fusté Way) was named after him and inaugurated in 2022.