List of radio stations in Barbados

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

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AM station

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

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

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

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

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

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.

References

^ "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).

External links

Telecommunications Unit - In the Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE)
- MAJOR LICENCE HOLDERS IN BARBADOS, Telecommunications Unit
- BROADCASTING IN BARBADOS

v t e Radio stations in Barbados
By AM frequency	900
By SW frequency	5.04 5.72 7.545 11.015 11.475
By FM frequency	90.1 90.7 91.9 92.1 92.9 94.7 95.3 96.9 97.5 98.1 99.9¹ 100.7 101.1 102.1 103.3 104.1 106.1
By call sign	8PX-20 8PX-25 8PX-32 8PX-49 8PX-52 8PX-AM 8PX-FM CITA 90.1 FM 98 The One BBC Relay BBS Faith Life 97.5FM HOTT Love FM Mix PBS Q 100.7 FM Radio GED SLAM FM VOB/Gospel WE FM¹
Defunct	Liberty 98.1 FM Rediffusion Barbados Yess 104.1 FM Caribbean Super Station 97.5
See also List of radio stations in Barbados Notes 1. Station broadcasts from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Category

List of radio stations in the Caribbean

British West Indies
Danish West Indies
Dutch Caribbean
- Caribbean Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
French West Indies
West Indies Federation

West Indies

Antilles

Greater Antilles

Cayman Islands
Cuba
Jamaica
Navassa Island
Puerto Rico

Hispaniola	Dominican Republic Haiti

Lesser Antilles

Leeward Islands

Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
- La Désirade
- Les Saintes
- Marie-Galante
Montserrat
Saba^{^*}
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sint Eustatius^{^*}

Saint Martin^{^}	Collectivity of Saint Martin Sint Maarten
Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Southern Caribbean

Leeward Antilles

Insular Venezuela
- Federal Dependencies
- Nueva Esparta

ABC islands	Aruba Bonaire^* Curaçao

Windward Islands

Dominica
Grenada
- Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Barbados^†
Trinidad and Tobago^†

Lucayan Archipelago

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Caribbean Sea

Aves Island
San Andrés and Providencia
- Bajo Nuevo Bank^~
- Serranilla Bank^~

Caribbean continental zone

Quintana Roo
- Cozumel

Central America	Belize Honduras Bay Islands Izabal Limón Corn Islands North Caribbean Coast South Caribbean Coast Panama
South America	Colombian Caribbean Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider groupings
may include:

Bermuda^#
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua

Yucatán Peninsula	Campeche Petén Yucatán
The Guianas	Amapá French Guiana Venezuelan Guayana Guyana Guayana Esequiba^ǂ Tigri Area^ǂ Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^{^}These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which ^*the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

^†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

^ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ^~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

^#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.

Lists of radio stations by frequency

Stations that broadcast for public reception

Continuous
wave/Morse

VLF

in kHz	17.2 20.5 23 25 25.1 25.5

LF (LW)

Radio clocks	40 50 60 60 60 66.67 68.5 77.5 77.5 100 162

By AM
frequencies

LF (LW)

Regions 1 and 3, 9 kHz spacing	153 162 164¹ 171 177¹ 180 183¹ 189 198 207 209¹ 216 225 227¹ 234 243 252 261 270 279

MF (MW)

Regions 1 and 3,
9 kHz spacing

531
540
549
558
567
576
585
594
603
612
621
630
639
648
657
666
675
684
693
702
711
720
729
738
747
756
765
774
783
792
801
810
819
828
837
846
855
864
873
882
891
900
909
918
927
936
945
954
963
972
981
990
999
1008
1017
1026
1035
1044
1053
1062
1071
1080
1089
1098
1107
1116
1125
1134
1143
1152
1161
1170
1179
1188
1197
1206
1215
1224
1233
1242
1251
1260
1269
1278
1287
1296
1305
1314
1323
1332
1341
1350
1359
1368
1377
1386
1395
1404
1413
1422
1431
1440
1449
1458
1467
1476
1485
1494
1503
1512
1521
1530
1539
1548
1557
1566
1575
1584
1593
1602
1611
1620
1629
1638
1647
1656
1665
1674
1683
1692
1701
1710

Region 2,
10 kHz spacing

High frequency
shortwave
frequencies
in MHz

120 m	2.5 2.5 2.5
90 m	3.2474 3.25 3.33
75 m	3.81 4.015 4.146 4.2075 4.213 4.363 4.372 4.387 4.414
60 m	4.8615 4.996 5 5 5 5 5 5 5.006 5.025 5.13 5.83
49 m	6.03 6.07 6.15 6.16 6.16 6.317 6.318 6.351 6.37 6.51 6.9
41 m	7.49 7.505 7.6 7.646 7.795 7.8 7.85
31 m	8.006 8.113 8.120 8.291 8.421 8.473 8.4785 8.625 8.646 8.686 8.728 8.728 8.746 8.749 8.809 9.265 9.275 9.33 9.395 9.475 9.955 9.835 9.996 10 10 10 10
25 m	12.5815 12.5905 12.6645 12.691 12.857 13.026 13.0425 13.14 13.173 13.146 13.191
19 m	14.67 14.996 15 15 15 15 15 15.42 15.65
16 m	16.809 16.905 16.957 16.9615 17.094 17.257 17.26
15 m	19.6855 20
13 m	22.3835 22.447 22.461 22.735 22.762 22.783
11 m	25

By FM
frequencies

VHF (Band I/
OIRT FM)

Regions 1 and 3, 30 kHz spacing³	65.84 74.00

VHF
(Band II/
CCIR FM)

Regions 1 and 3, 50/100 kHz spacing³	87.5 87.6 87.7 87.8 87.9 88.0 88.2 88.4 88.6 88.8 89.0 89.2 89.4 89.6 89.8 90.0 90.2 90.4 90.6 90.8 91.0 91.2 91.4 91.6 91.8 92.0 92.2 92.4 92.6 92.8 93.0 93.2 93.4 93.6 93.8 94.0 94.2 94.4 94.6 94.8 95.0 95.2 95.4 95.6 95.8 96.0 96.2 96.4 96.6 96.8 97.0 97.2 97.4 97.6 97.8 98.0 98.2 98.4 98.6 98.8 99.0 99.2 99.4 99.6 99.8 100.0 100.2 100.4 100.6 100.8 101.0 101.2 101.4 101.6 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.4 102.6 102.8 103.0 103.2 103.4 103.6 103.8 104.0 104.2 104.4 104.6 104.8 105.0 105.2 105.4 105.6 105.8 106.0 106.2 106.4 106.6 106.8 107.0 107.2 107.4 107.6 107.8 108.0
Region 2, 200 kHz spacing	87.7 87.9 88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.3 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.1 92.3 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.1 93.3 93.5 93.7 93.9 94.1 94.3 94.5 94.7 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.1 96.3 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.3 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.1 98.3 98.5 98.7 98.9 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.5 100.7 100.9 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.3 102.5 102.7 102.9 103.1 103.3 103.5 103.7 103.9 104.1 104.3 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.1 105.3 105.5 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.3 106.5 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.3 107.5 107.7 107.9
Japan FM, Brazil eFM	76.1 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.5 76.6 76.7 76.8 76.9 77.0 77.1 77.2 77.3 77.4 77.5 77.6 77.7 77.8 77.9 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7 78.8 78.9 79.0 79.1 79.2 79.3 79.4 79.5 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.9 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 80.5 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.9 81.0 81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 81.6 81.7 81.8 81.9 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.8 82.9 83.0 83.1 83.2 83.3 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.7 83.8 83.9 84.0 84.1 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7 84.8 84.9 85.0 85.1 85.2 85.3 85.4 85.5 85.6 85.7 85.8 85.9 86.0 86.1 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.8 86.9 87.0 87.1 87.2 87.3 87.4
Weather radio	162.400 162.425 162.450 162.475 162.500 162.525 162.550

¹ Non-standard frequency
² Shortwave uses a combination of AM, VSB, USB and LSB, with some NB FM and CW/morse code (in the case of time signal stations) as well as numerous frequencies, depending on the time of day/night, season, and solar activity level. A reasonably full list from 16 kHz to 27MHz can be found at [2]
³ Regions 1 and 3 also use Region 2's frequencies as well, with 50 to 100 kHz spacing.
⁴ See also: Template:Audio broadcasting, Apex (radio band) and OIRT

v t e Radio stations in the Americas
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Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

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