Rafael Quiñones Vidal (November 13, 1892 in Mayagüez,

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– March 7, 1988) was a

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and a radio and television Master of Ceremonies. He studied at the Lincoln School in

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until eighth grade. He pursued a career as a graduate teacher, taking private lessons with Ana Roque de Duprey, in Humacao. For four years he worked as a rural teacher. He had an accounting school in Caguas. He obtained the title of Venerable Master of the

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"Union and Amparo" of Caguas, and was named Doctor Honoris Causa in Humanities of the Catholic University of Ponce. He founded a chapter of the Masonic Lodge of the Order "Star of the East, Union and Faith". Quiñones Vidal is acknowledged as the first Puerto Rican communicator to promote young singers through his radio and television singing competition show called, ''Tribuna del Arte'' (The Art Rostrum). Well known singers and performers from Puerto Rico who started as artists in this show include

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and

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1892 births 1988 deaths People from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Television pioneers Puerto Rican television journalists 20th-century American philanthropists {{US-journalist-19thC-stub

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