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In 1915, the Cuban lyricist and playwright Agustín Rodríguez asked Gonzalo Roig to compose the music for a sainete called Compulsory Military Service, in the context of the World War. He then created a love duet, whose music later became the bolero "Quiéreme mucho. As a sainete duet, this bolero was premiered in 1915, in the voices of Blanca Becerra and Rafael Llorens. In 1917 he composed the first section to the one he had written two years before, incorporating Roger de Lauria's lyrics to the one already written by Agustín Rodríguez. Thus, Quiéreme mucho was born as an independent piece that soon bore fruit in the taste of the Cuban public and in other countries of the world. As an independent work, it was heard for the first time in 1917, performed live by Cuban tenor Mariano Menéndez. Its first recording was made by the Italian tenor Tito Schipa, for the RCA Victor records, which spread it around the world.

It is the head town of the municipality of the same name and is part of the province of Mayabeque. It was founded on September 2, 1569 when it was granted to Jerónimo Vaca Rengifo with the purpose of creating a ranch to raise cattle. On September 18, 1878, the Governor General approved the creation of Quivicán as a municipality. The relief of the territory is predominantly flat. The municipality has an area of 284.6 square kilometers.

It was founded on June 9th, 1957 in the city of Camagüey. It is the main radio station in the province of Camagüey. It broadcasts information and musical programs as well as dramatization slots. Its aims are to please information needs, educational, cultural and recreational improvement of the people. It is done through varied and participatory programs which reflect the people´s environment from the development of a competitive radio. 

It appears for the first time on November 11th, 1940.The march of the 26 of July Group was recorded clandestinely there on February 15th, 1957. 

It is the first Cuban short wave broadcasting station with an international reach. It was opened by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro on May 1st, 1961.   

It was created on January 1st, 1975. It is part of the set of radio stations that form the Dirección Provincial de Radio en La Habana. Its slogan is “The radio for the house”.  With a clear cultural profile; the station put emphasis on the use of music and has a wide variety of informative programs in the design of magazines, news and a novel; besides having programs for children and adolescents.

One of the oldest radio stations in the country, Radio Progreso, known as the Onda de la Alegría, was founded on December 15, 1929. Radio Progreso broadcasts 24 hours a day and is also the Cuban radio station that broadcasts the largest number of dramatized programs in our country, including novels, stories, theater, adventures, as well as children's and historical programs.

It was created on February 24, 1958 at the Sierra Maestra and was an image of the importance given to the spreading of ideas and news related to the revolutionary fight by Commander Ernesto Che Guevara. Radio Rebelde is a very powerful Cuban radio station. It is essentially informative and broadcasts 24 hours every day.

It is Cuban news radio station. It was founded on July 1, 1947 in Havana. It is characterized by the continuous sound of the clock's second hand, the announcement of the hour on each minute and by 24-hour-a-day broadcasts.