Luis del Almo was the most absentee at the recent Golden Antennas 2023 presentation gala. Despite the great enthusiasm he experienced hours before the event, legendary announcer suffered a home accident that did not allow him to collect his reward As a pioneer of communication together with other great professionals such as José María García, Iñaki Gabilondo, Mari Carmen García Vela or Natalia Figueroa.
“He fell into the bathtub and they didn’t know if his ankle or foot was broken.” Juan Ignacio Ocaña, President of the Spanish Federation of Radio and Television Associations, which presents the above-mentioned awards every year, said on Saturday.
Three days later, Del Olmo appeared again on ‘Better Late’ this Tuesday and explained how he felt after this mishap at home: “Now I came from the doctor and he told me I was so lucky“.
“I was actually at the clinic all morning yesterday and looked and finally said to me ‘you’re a bull, how are you Ponferradans like that?’ “The truth is, I can tell it and be with your viewers,” he told veteran anchors Iñaki López and Cristina Pardo.
Surprise from Josep Pedrerol
The program also prepared a surprise for the communicator with a few words from Josep Pedrerol, his partner during his time at Punto Radio: “I am a journalist thanks to Luis del Olmo. We used to listen to him on RNE at home when I was 12 – 13-14 years old. I also wanted to work with him and I had the chance to celebrate the 10,000th ‘Heroes’ program in Zaragoza. I have great memories of him. I learned a lot. ‘Good morning Spain’ is part of the voice of our lives. It is a great pleasure for me that Luis is okay. He deserves all the awards in the world. No. 1.”
“I don’t know if I’m transversal or not, but the truth is that I’ve been saying good morning to Spain for 60 years. I had the chance to work with important names in the journalism world, housewives and citizens who are as excited as me, and it was worth it. It has given me health, strength, a permanent smile and, above all, the ability to say I work in the most important medium there is: radio. When you say good morning and they listen to you, not only in your own city, in the Ponferrada of my soul, but anywhere in Europe or the world, it is a satisfaction and something to be achieved if you are good and win. “If I were born a thousand times, I would repeat what I did,” said the announcer, when asked why he is a person loved by so many people.