Matías Prats Cañete
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(4 December 1913 – 8 September 2004) was a Spanish radio and television journalist. He was best known for his sports narrations and for being the narrator of the
No-Do during part of the
franquism period.
He is father of
Matías Prats Luque
Matías Prats Luque (; born 14 September 1952) is a Spanish sports and news journalist.
Matías Prats graduated in law and journalism. The journalist, son of the legendary Matías Prats Cañete, began his career at radio station La Voz de Ma ...
, who is also a journalist and anchor on
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and grandfather of
Matías Prats Chacón Matías is the Spanish version of Matthias. In Scandinavian languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish) and in Portuguese it is unaccented as Matias.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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, a sports host in
Telecinco.
Career
Shortly after the end of the
Spanish Civil War Prats began his career as assistant on Radio Algeciras, later he moved to
Málaga
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where he worked as announcer of bullfights on
RNE and shortly after as football announcer.
In 1945 he returned to Madrid following the inauguration of the new RNE studios in
Arganda del Rey. In 1947 he was promoted to head of the Department of Performing Stations and from the same year until 1971 he was responsible of the writing and speeching of the ''Noticiarios y Documentales Cinematográficos'' (
No-Do).
He also worked in
Televisión Española since its inception in 1956 until 1965 as announcer of football matches and bull fightings, credits on TVE include ''Pantalla deportiva'' (1959), ''La Copa'' (1963), ''Graderío'' (1963) and ''Ayer domingo'' (1965). He retired in 1985, however, works in radio ended in 1974.
Awards
*1955:
Premio Ondas as best sports announcer
*1965: Premio Microfono de Oro
*1965: Premio Ondas Special award due to his 20 years of work on RNE
*1993: Premio Víctor de la Serna for best journalism work during the year
*1996: Premio Ondas as best journalism work
*1999: Premio ATV on radio
*2000: Premio ATV for his life on radio
Honours
* Gold Medal of Merit in Labour (Kingdom of Spain, 30 April 1998).
Boletín Oficial del Estado
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References
External links
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1913 births
2004 deaths
People from Córdoba, Spain
Spanish radio personalities
Spanish television presenters
20th-century Spanish journalists