Luis del Olmo Marote

Luis del Olmo

Luis del Olmo Marote (* 31 January 1937 in Ponferrada , León province ) is one of the most prestigious radio - journalists of Spain . He has been on the radio since his youth and is considered a master of witty interviews and the typical Spanish Tertulia (demanding political and social talk ). Since 1973 (at the time of the Franco dictatorship in Spain), he has been providing his listeners with personalities and news from the public in the morning-long program Protagonistas (with which he has often changed channels, currently it is the main attraction of the channel Punto Cero ) Life of Spain and deals with current political events. The longest-running broadcast on Spanish radio is the trademark of the editor , who was politically conservative to reactionary and who in earlier times belonged to the then state-sponsored Falange . In his broadcasts, he doesn't shy away from polemics either, and calculates coldly with critics over the air. His statement in 2002 about a critical journalist that he should " rot in prison" ( "Que se pudra en la cárcel" ) became known. The person concerned had researched del Olmo and had been arrested by examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón (with whom del Olmo is friends). In the evening program, del Olmo moderated various panel discussions for many years.

Luis del Olmo has received numerous Spanish and international awards. Among other things, he was awarded the "Mahatma Gandhi for Peace" medal by the United Nations Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ) in 1998 for his commitment to peace, tolerance and solidarity in Paris . In April 2003, a radio museum dedicated to Luis del Olmo ( Museo de la Radio 'Luis del Olmo ) was opened in his birthplace Ponferrada , which deals with the history of radio and the work of its namesake.