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][3] The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.[4]
The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados. The corporation also owns and operates three radio stations: CBC Radio on 94.7 MHz FM and its simulcast on 900 kHz AM, The One on 98.1 MHz FM and Q-100.7 on 100.7 MHz FM.[5]
Besides the terrestrial television and radio, the CBC operates a wireless subscription-based service called Multi-Choice TV (MCTV) which offers many television stations from around the globe, including the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.