Possible Clues:

• 1968 James Michener book
• Peninsula in Russian region lacking sun
• Turns up, broadcast from Spain starts by irritating old region mostly surrounded by water
• I live by narrow inlet somewhere in Europe
• 1968 Michener travelogue
• A peninsula
• Portugal + Spain
• Where Juan possibly lives, in the same place up river
• Largest airline of Spain
• Spain locale