CBC TV 8

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CBC-TV 8 ( 8PX-TV )
City Bridgetown
Channels
Ownership
Owner Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
History
Founded 1963
First air date
1964
Former call signs
ZNX
Former channel number(s)
Ch. 3 (1964),
to Ch. 9 (1984),
to Ch. 8 (1991)-Current
Call sign meaning
"8P", ITU -code for Barbados and followed by "X"
Technical information
ERP 60.0 kW (analog)
Links
Website www .cbc .bb

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 . Channel 8 is affiliated with the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS, the Caribbean Media Corporation and its subsidiary the Caribbean Broadcasting Union .

History [ edit ]

CBC-TV first signed on in 1964 on channel 3 and it broadcasts for at least 4 hours on weekdays, and 5½ hours on Sundays. [2] [3] It became the first West Indian station to air colour broadcasts in 1971. [4] It moved to channel 9 in 1984 and its current channel position, channel 8, in 1991. [3]

Broadcast schedule [ edit ]

TV 8's local programs include Mornin' Barbados every weekday from 6:30 to 8:00 a.m.

The station's news broadcast, at 7:00 p.m., runs for an hour on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends; The station also shows movies late at night.

Coverage [ edit ]

CBC-TV 8 can also be seen on channel 108 on Multi-Choice TV , the CBC's wireless cable television system. The broadcasting area of the station also reaches the neighbouring islands of Dominica , Grenada , Saint Lucia , and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .

The station provides Barbadians with some off-air news [5] and sports [6] updates via social media including Facebook and Twitter. Rebroadcasts of the news and other special programmes are posted on the station's official YouTube channel "CBCBARBADOS".

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Major Barbadian License holders Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine , Telecoms Department
  2. ^ "Television Factbook" (PDF) . 1966. p. 865-b . Retrieved 6 April 2024 .
  3. ^ a b Carrington, Sean; Fraser, Henry (2003). "Broadcasting". A~Z of Barbados Heritage . Macmillan Caribbean. p. 32. ISBN   0-333-92068-6 .
  4. ^ Alleyne, Mark D. (1990). "Barbados". In Surlin, Stuart H.; Soderlund, Walter C. (eds.). Mass Media and the Caribbean . Caribbean Studies. Vol. 6. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. ISBN   2-88124-447-5 . Retrieved 14 May 2015 .
  5. ^ Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation TV News on Facebook
  6. ^ Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation TV Sports on Facebook

External links [ edit ]


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