5/17/1960

“MAY 17, 1960: Radio Swan goes on the air, on schedule. According to the CIA, the station’s signal reaches not only its target area of Cuba, but the entire Caribbean as well. The station’s programs are taped in studios in Miami, then routed through the Swan transmitter.”

“The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu