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List of radio stations in Barbados

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This is a list of AM and FM radio stations in Barbados. Where possible, nicknames of stations have been given alongside the frequencies.[1]

AM station

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Callsign Frequency URL Stream City/Town Network affiliation/Owner Radio Format
CBC Radio AM (CBC AM Radio) 900 Online Audio The Pine, St. Michael Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation News/Music/Events Coverage

FM stations

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Callsign Frequency URL Stream City/Town Network affiliation/Owner Format
Christ Is The Answer Radio FM (CITA) 90.1 Online Audio Bishop’s Court Hill St. Michael The People's Cathedral Barbados Christian
Barbados Broadcasting Service FM (BBS) 90.7 ♦♦ Astoria, St. George Barbados Broadcasting Service Easy listening
Emergency Broadcast Station FM (EBS) 91.3 Online ♦♦ Gun Hill, St. George Government of Barbados Emergency Broadcast Station
BBC Radio FM BBC Relay 92.1 Online Audio United Kingdom BBC World Service Relay World News
VOB FM Voice of Barbados (VOB) 92.9 Online Audio Bridgetown, St. Michael Starcom Network Sports/Music/Call-in shows
CBC Radio FM CBC Radio 94.7 Online Audio The Pine, St. Michael Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation News/Music
HOTT FM (Barbados) 95.3 Online Audio Bridgetown, St. Michael Starcom Network Urban/Reggae
Mix FM 96.9 Online Audio Bridgetown, St. Michael Mix Media Services Inc Christian
Life FM 97.5 Online Audio Bridgetown, St. Michael Starcom Network Christian
The One (Barbados) 98.1 Online Audio The Pine, St. Michael Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Under 20
Capital Media HD 99.3 Online Audio Limegrove Lifestyle Centre, Holetown, St. James Launched February 29. 2016
Q FM Quality FM 100.7 Online Audio The Pine, St. Michael Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 50s', 60s', 70s' and 80s' Hits Standards (plus 90s' and today's Hits)
SLAM (Barbados) 101.1 Online Audio Haggatt Hall, St. Michael Power Broadcasting Inc. Soca/Reggae/Urban/Top 40
Faith FM 102.1 ♦♦ Astoria, St. George Barbados Broadcasting Service Christian
Y FM 103.3 Online Audio Haggatt Hall, St. Michael Power Broadcasting Inc. 80's, 90's, 2000's and today's Hits
The Beat FM 104.1 Online Audio Bridgetown, St. Michael Starcom Network Adult Contemporary
NBG Radio FM 104.7 Online Audio Harbour Industrial Park, St. Michael - Christian
Power Radio FM 105.3 ♦♦ Belleville, St. Michael Heart Beat Ministries Christian (Coming soon)
Radio GED 106.1 Online ♦♦ Bridgetown, St. Michael Barbados Community College College Radio
Globe Drive-In FM 107.3 ♦♦ Vauxhall, Christ Church Globe Cinemas Ltd. Drive-In Movie audio

TV station

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Callsign Frequency URL Stream City/Town Network affiliation/Owner
CBC TV Channel 8 Online ♦♦ The Pine, Saint Michael Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

Other broadcasters to Barbados

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The following stations which are not based in Barbados do have significant radio coverage in Barbados.

Callsign Frequency URL Stream City/town Owner
WEFM (St. Vincent)[1] 99.9 Online Audio St. Vincent and the Grenadines Electronics Engineer Julius Williams

Future Station

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Paradise FM Limited applied to launch a station aimed predominantly at the Tourist and Ex-Pat market, it had hoped to be on air early 2010.

Defunct

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From time to time radio stations in Barbados undergo rebranding or change formats. Some of the previous brands and formats in Barbados include.

  • Liberty 98.1 FM - AKA "Liberty To Set You Free" now known as The One 98.1 FM.
  • Rediffusion Barbados (Broadcast via cable wires) - Associated-Rediffusion. No longer in operation.
  • Yess FM (Yess 104.1), became Love FM 104.1, became 104.1, and now known as The Beat 104.1.
  • Caribbean Super Station (CSS) now known as Life FM. Caribbean Super Station (CSS) no longer broadcast in Barbados.
  • Voice Of Barbados (92.9) previously broadcast in the AM band at 790 kHz.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WE FM 99.9: About Us". Retrieved 26 August 2013. Along with covering 95 percent of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, WE-FM's dynamic frequency also reaches 75 percent of Barbados (to the East) and 33 percent of Grenada (to the south) and 33 percent of St. Lucia (to the north).
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