Fernando J. Montilla

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Other companies related: Fernando J. Montilla was born May 30, 1915 in San, Juan Puerto Rico. Died in Miami June 2014.
In the 1920's he traveled to New York where NBC hired him as a radio engineer. After the war he returned to NBC, then relocated to La Habana (Cuba) to work with WCMQ radio as a sound engineer and to set up their radio station. There he began to record young Cuban artists like Alfredo Kraus, g him to a recording contract. Montilla continued to build his catalog of musical recordings producing over 150 records of music recorded in Spain.

In 1965, Rafael Hernández last record before moved to Miami.

In the 1980s Montilla moved his operation to Miami recording music well into his 80s.
At 86 years old he sold his catalog to mexican company Orfeon Videovox, S.A..

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Fernando J. Montilla - 3515 Henry Hudson Parkway - Riverdale, New York

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