Manuel Aznar Acedo (born in
Bilbao in 1916, died in 2001) was a
Spanish journalist and radio broadcaster. He was the son of
Manuel Aznar Zubigaray and father of
José María Aznar López. He was a member of the
falangist movement and served during the
Spanish Civil War as an officer in charge of
propaganda for the
Spanish Nationalist army. After the war, he worked for
cadena SER (1942-1962),
Radio Nacional de España (1962-1965) and was made co-director of the department of radio broadcasting for the ministry of information and tourism (1964-1967). He also founded the following newspapers:
Hoja Oficial de Alicante,
Avance and
Levante. In 1967, he became the first director of the
Escuela Oficial de Radiodifusión y Televisión, the Official School of radio and television broadcasting.
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