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 | Dr. Allyson Leacock: General Manager Ms. Linda Walrond: Head of Radio Department Mrs. Cecily Clarke-Richmond: Head of Television Mr. Andrew Greene: Chief MCTV Officer Mr. Richard Cox: Head of News and Current Affairs |
Launch date | December 1963 (radio) December 1964 (television) |
Website | http://www.cbcbarbados.bb/ http://www.cbc.bb/ |
The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados. The television service broadcasts on the channel 8 and is the only legal over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados. The corporation also owns three radio stations, two FM stations and one AM radio station. The company also 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, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Latin America.
The station's studios are located North of Wildey at The Pine, Saint Michael.
The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.
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[edit] Television
[edit] Radio
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[edit] External link
- Official website: http://www.cbcbarbados.bb/ -or- http://www.cbc.bb/