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| Type | Broadcast radio network Television network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | National |
| Owner | Government of Barbados |
Key people | Sherwood McCaskie General Manager Mr. Pearson Bowen: Head of Radio Department Jewel Forde: Head of Television Mr. Andrew Greene: Chief MCTV Officer Mark Seale: Head of News and Current Affairs |
Launch date | December 1963 (radio) December 1964 (television) |
Official website | www |
The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is a public radio and television broadcaster, located in The Pine, St. Michael in Barbados. It was founded in 1963 as Radio Barbados.[1][2] The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.[3]
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 around the globe, including the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
- ^ a b Staff writer (2024). "Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ Staff writer (18 December 2019). "BTEditorial – At 56, where do we take CBC from here?". Editorial. The Barbados Today (published 18 December 201). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "GOV.BB".