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Resolution of Condolence: R-08-0410
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 08-00709a Final Action Date: 7/10/2008
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION EXPRESSING DEEPEST
SYMPATHY AND SINCEREST CONDOLENCES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI AND ITS CITIZENS TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF RAULALARCON SR.
UPON HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") grieves the untimely death of Raul Alarcon Sr., a Cuban
exile, pioneer, and founder of the Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., a Spanish -language
communications and entertainment empire in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Raul Alarcon Sr. was born in Ciego de Avila, Cuba and became a well-known radio
entrepreneur who owned 14 radio stations; and
WHEREAS, Raul Alarcon Sr. re-established his radio career in the United States and in 1983,
purchased his first radio station in New York, which became the start of a radio, television, and online
venture that made the Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. the largest publicly traded
Hispanic -controlled media company in the country; and
WHEREAS, due to his vision of creating a radio company owned by Hispanics for Hispanics, Raul
Alarcon Sr. helped motivate and provide opportunities to other Hispanics in the communications
industry; and
WHEREAS, the Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. presently consists of 21 radio stations in the
country's largest Hispanic markets, is now headed by Chairman/President/CEO Raul Alarcon Jr., and
operates four of the eight top -ranked Spanish -language stations in the country, including South
Florida; and
WHEREAS, Raul Alarcon Sr., a visionary who was one of the craftsmen of Spanish -language
radio in the United States and who served as chairman of the board until 1999, was awarded the
Medallas de Cortez Lifetime Achievement Award, the Hispanic radio industry's top honor, in 2008.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The authorities of the City of Miami, in the State of Florida, on behalf of our citizens,
pause in our official deliberations to express our deepest sympathy to his wife, Alma, his son, Raul
Alarcon Jr., and to record for posterity this tribute to the passion and lifelong dedication of Raul
Alarcon Sr. (1926-2008).
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1}
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ATTEST:
PRISCILLAA. THOMPSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
MANUELA. DIAZ, MAYOR
CHAIR JOE SANCHEZ
VICE CHAIR MICHELLE SPENCE-JONES
COMMISSIONER ANGEL GONZALEZ
COMMISSIONER MARC DAVID SARNOFF
COMMISSIONER TOMAS REGALADO
Footnotes:
{1} If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City.
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