Dominica Broadcasting Corporation

National radio station of the Commonwealth of Dominica

Dominica Broadcasting Corporation

* Roseau, Dominica

Broadcast area| Dominica and Eastern Caribbean[1]
Frequency| 88.1 FM[2]
Branding|

* DBS Radio[3]
* The Nation's Station[3]

Programming
Format| Music / Talk / News
Ownership
Owner| Government of Dominica[3]
History

First air date

| November 1971[4]
Technical information

Transmitter coordinates

| 15°17′42″N 61°23′08″W﻿ / ﻿15.29495°N 61.38544°W﻿ / 15.29495; -61.38544
Links
Website| https://dbcradio.net

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]

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 (Espéwéyans Kwéyòl).[7][8]

## See also

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* Kairi FM
* Q95 FM

## References

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### General

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

### Specific

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b c 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.

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