The voice of the radio pioneer has gone silent

From Fuerteventura Digital we extend our condolences to his family, loved ones, and the Radio Sintonía team, the station he founded in 1995 and led for three decades.

The founder and director of Radio Sintonía in Fuerteventura, Santiago Travieso Quintana, passed away on Wednesday, May 6, at the age of 70, leaving behind four decades of professional and entrepreneurial experience in communications on the island and throughout the Canary Islands.

All local media, as well as numerous outlets across the archipelago, have echoed the sad news, offering their sympathies. Fuerteventura Digital joins them, especially addressing his children Yaiza and Iván, who supported their father throughout the Radio Sintonía project, as well as friends of the station.

Four Decades Giving a Voice to Fuerteventura and the Canary Islands

Since the 1980s, Santiago Travieso was one of the most recognizable voices on the airwaves, beginning with Radio Las Palmas‑Cadena SER and Radio Nacional de España. In 1987 he took over Radio Fuerteventura, considered the island’s first commercial station, and two years later he directed Radio Archipiélago.

In 1991 he also participated in the design and direction of ATV‑Archipiélago Televisión Canarias, as reported by various island and regional media during today’s tributes.

Radio Sintonía: Santiago Travieso’s Grand Project

In 1995, Santiago Travieso launched his flagship venture, Radio Sintonía, which celebrated 30 years of operation in 2025. The station has become a major reference in Fuerteventura’s media landscape and a unique example of adaptation to the digital transition of the 21st century.

For more than two decades, Travieso hosted “La Tertulia: Con Criterio Propio,” a flagship morning program and a current‑affairs forum that featured virtually every political and social figure from the island and the Canary Islands over the station’s three‑decade history.

His deep, often incisive voice will always be remembered by those of us who have strived to provide the public with up‑to‑date information and analysis, as the program’s title suggested—with its own criteria.

Rest in peace, Don Santiago.