Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

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**Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation**

Type	Broadcast radio network Television network
Country	Barbados
Availability	National
Owner	Barbadian Government
Key people	Dr. Allyson Leacock: General Manager Ms. Linda Walrond: Head of Radio Department Mrs. Cecily Clarke-Richmond: Head of Television Mr. Andrew Greene: Chief MCTV Officer Mr. Richard Cox: Head of News and Current Affairs
Launch date	December 1963 (radio) December 1964 (television)
Website http://www.cbcbarbados.bb/ http://www.cbc.bb/

The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.

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 three radio stations: two FM stations and one AM radio station.

The company also operates a wireless Cable TV subscription service called Multi-Choice TV (MCTV) which offers many television stations from across the globe, including the United States, Canada, Europe, and Latin America.

CBC's studios and offices are located North of Wildey at The Pine, Saint Michael.

The CBC falls under the ministry and jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office.