| St. Michael, Barbados | |
|---|---|
| City of license | The Pine, (Bridgetown) |
| Branding | CBC-TV 8 |
| Channels | Analog: 8 4:3 (480i, SDTV) |
| Affiliations | CBC |
| Owner | Government (Office of the Prime Minister) |
| Founded | 1963 |
| First air date | 1964 |
| Call letters' meaning | "8P", ITU-code for Barbados and followed by "X" |
| Former callsigns | ZNX |
| Former channel number(s) | Ch. 3 (1964), to Ch. 9 (1984), to Ch. 8 (1991)-Current |
| Transmitter power | 60.0 kW (analog) |
| Website | www.cbc.bb |
CBC-TV 8 (call-sign: 8PX-TV) is a television station owned and operated by public broadcaster Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation in the Caribbean country of Barbados. It is the only legally licensed terrestrial television station in Barbados and is owned by the Government of Barbados.
The studios of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation 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.
CBC TV 8's first sign-on was in 1964 on channel 3; it later moved to channel 9 in 1984 and its current channel position, channel 8, in 1991.
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Some of CBC TV 8's local programs include Book Talk with Jeff Broomes, Mornin' Barbados every weekday from 6:00 to 8:00 a.m. with Cassandra Crawford & Belle Holder and Time to Sing every Sunday afternoon which is a religious programme and the longest running local program on air.
The station's one-hour news broadcast is at 7.00 pm during weekdays and half-hour on weekends, and is anchored by Pearson Bowen, Lisa Lorde and Lisa Brome. The station also shows movies late at night, and soap operas such as The Young and The Restless at 11.30 am and The Bold and the Beautiful at 12.30 pm.
During times when it is not broadcasting, classified ads are aired.
Mondays-Fridays (all times Eastern Caribbean Time, as of October 8, 2011:)
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 isles of: The Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.