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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 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) |
| Official 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 channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, 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.
Besides the terrestrial television and radio the 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 is provided in the NTSC television format.
The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.
The CBC is a member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association in the Commonwealth of Nations.
In 2008 Lars Soderstrom became the new general manager of CBC. [1]
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Television
Radio
- CBC Radio -- 900 AM
- The One 98.1
- Quality 100.7 FM
See also
External links
- Official website:
- http://www.cbcbarbados.bb/
- http://www.cbc.bb/
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