Dominica Broadcasting Corporation

Dominica Broadcasting Corporation (also known on-air as DBS or DBS Radio) is the national radio station of the Commonwealth of Dominica.[3] The service, owned by the local government,[3] is headquartered on Victoria Street in the island's capital, Roseau.[4] Broadcast on the 88.1 FM frequency[2] (along with several others across the island nation),[5] DBS' signal is also picked up across the Eastern Caribbean.[1]

Dominica Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast areaDominica and Eastern Caribbean[1]
Frequency88.1 FM[2]
Branding
  • DBS Radio[3]
  • The Nation's Station[3]
Programming
FormatMusic / Talk / News
Ownership
OwnerGovernment of Dominica[3]
History
First air date
November 1971[4]
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
15.29495°N 61.38544°W / 15.29495; -61.38544
Links
Websitehttps://dbcradio.net

The company was founded in 1971 as Radio Dominica, and upon its launch replaced programming provided to the island by WIBS, the Windward Islands Broadcasting Service of Grenada.[4] Programs from DBS over the years have included The Dominica Story (a year before its 1975 publication in book form)[6] and Experience Kwéyòl (Espéwiyans Kwéyòl).[7][8]

See also
  • Kairi FM
  • Q95 FM

References

General
  • Honychurch, Lennox (1995). The Dominica Story (2nd ed.). Macmillan Education. ISBN 0-333-62776-8.

Specific
  1. Brown, Aggrey; Sanatan, Roderick (1987). Talking with Whom?. Caribbean Institute of Mass Communication, University of the West Indies. p. 103. ISBN 978-976-41-0074-4. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books Snippets. The Dominica Broadcasting Corporation operates a ten kilowatt radio station, which can be heard from the U.S.V.I. in the north to Trinidad in the south.
  2. Crask, Paul (2008). "Media and Communications". Dominica. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-84162-217-0. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. Morse, Kimberly J., ed. (2022). "Dominica". The Americas: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society. ABC-CLIO. p. 354. ISBN 978-1-440-85239-8. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  4. Honychurch 1995, p. 194, Development and Welfare: General Services.
  5. Staff (2 November 2021). "Dominica Broadcasting Corporation (DBS Radio) celebrates 50 years of existence". Dominica News Online (DNO). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. Honychurch 1995, p. vii, Acknowledgements: The first edition.
  7. Rabess, Gregory (15 November 1993). "Cadence: The Dominican Experience - The Impact of Cadence". In Guillbault, Jocelyne (ed.). Zouk: World Music in the West Indies. University of Chicago Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-226-31041-8. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Google Books.
  8. Staff (2 August 2012). "Golden Drum awardees Felix Henderson and DBS Radio". Dominica News Online (DNO). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.