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December 1963 (radio) December 1964 (television) Official website. www .cbc .bb. 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] The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office. [2]
Profession. Economist, diplomat. Sir Courtney Newlands McLaurin Blackman, KA (6 March 1933 – 16 March 2021) was a Barbadian economist, international business consultant, and diplomat. He served as the first Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados from 1972 to 1987. At the time of his appointment, he was the youngest central bank governor in ...
Owen Arthur. Owen Seymour Arthur PC (17 October 1949 – 27 July 2020) [5] [6] was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. [6] He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 ...
Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Several leaders ...
May Hamilton Dunbar [3] (m. 1966-1990; his death) Sara Belle Byrd. (m. 1939-div.1965) Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American radio and television newscaster and correspondent who worked for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) for more than four decades. After six years on CBS Radio in the 1940s, Edwards was ...
CBC TV 8. CBC TV 8 ( 8PX-TV) is a television station owned and operated by public broadcaster Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation in Barbados. It is the only legally licensed terrestrial television station in Barbados and is owned by the Government of Barbados; [1] its studios are located in The Pine, Saint Michael.
CBC Radio was introduced on 16 December 1963 as the first wireless radio station in Barbados. Previously, Barbados had a wired cable Rediffusion service from 1935 to 1997. CBC Radio was the only wireless radio station in Barbados until VOB 92.9 FM was introduced with former radio station Gospel 790 AM in 1981. It was known as "Radio Barbados ...
Website. qfm .bb. Q 100.7 FM is a radio station in Barbados. It was launched on Monday 3rd May 2004 as Quality FM. The station airs mainly talk shows as well as a number of features (such as obituary announcements) previously broadcast by its sister station CBC 94.7 CBC 900 AM. Q 100.7 FM is marketed as the "Quality Talk, Quality Music" station ...