Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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| Type | Broadcast radio network Television network |
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| Country |  Barbados |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Barbadian Government |
| Key people | Lars Soderstrom: General Manager Mr. Pearson Bowen: Head of Radio Department Mrs. Cecily Clarke-Richmond: Head of Television Mr. Andrew Greene: Chief MCTV Officer Mr. Reudon Eversley: Head of News and Current Affairs |
| Launch date | December 1963 (radio) December 1964 (television) |
| Official website | http://www.cbc.bb/ |
The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.
The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados. The corporation also owns and operates three radio stations: CBC Radio on 94.7 MHz FM and 900 kHz AM, The One on 98.1 MHz FM, and Q-100.7 on 100.7 MHz FM.
Besides the terrestrial television and radio the CBC operates a wireless Cable TV subscription service called Multi-Choice TV (MCTV) which offers many television stations from across the globe, including the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.
CBC's studios and offices are located North of Wildey at The Pine, Saint Michael. The television broadcast transmitter is located at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (Lazaretto, Black Rock), however it will soon be replaced by a transmitter at The Belle, St. Michael.[1] The television broadcast is provided in the NTSC television format.
The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office. In 2008 Lars Soderstrom became the general manager of CBC. [1]
The CBC is a member of: the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS[2], the Caribbean Cable & Telecommunications Association[3], and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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[edit] Television
[edit] Radio
- CBC Radio Hits 94.7 FM & 900 AM
- The One 98.1
- Quality 100.7 FM
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ B., L. (01 July 2011). "CBC moving transmitter site to the Belle". The Barbados Today. http://news.barbadostoday.bb/barticlenew.php?ptitle=CBC%20moving%20transmitter%20site%20to%20the%20Belle&article=7809. Retrieved 04 July 2011. "The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation's transmitter site, now in Lazaretto, Black Rock, is shifting to the Belle, St. Michael. This comes as the Lazaretto site, which currently houses two transmitter towers, is being taken up by the University of the West Indies' Cave Hill campus for expansion."
- ^ Members of the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS (CBMP)
- ^ Members of the Caribbean Cable & Telecommunications Association
[edit] External links
- The CBC's Live broadcast online via Kausdev
- The CBC's Live broadcast online via JumpTV
- The CBC's Live broadcast online via UStream
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