Fernando “Nanino” Díaz Cutillas

Fernando 'Nanino' Díaz Cutillas became linked to the audiovisual history of Canarian folklore through his role in Tenderete. RTVE presents him as the programme's first host and as director and presenter from its launch in 1971, a fact that places his work within the television consolidation of the archipelago's popular music.

His public profile is best understood through cultural communication: Tenderete brought groups, parrandas, singers and traditional repertories before a broad audience. The located documentation also preserves his memory through RTVE tributes and memorial programmes, as well as through the Fundación Nanino Díaz Cutillas, linked to the Casa-Huerta or Casa del Obispo in Ingenio.

An academic reference on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura also identifies him as a television presenter known as Nanino and connects him with TVE Canarias reports on traditional crafts. This profile keeps only vital years until an institutional biographical source for the exact dates is located.