michael barbados city bridgetown branding cbc tv 8 channels analog 8 4 3 480i sdtv owner caribbean broadcasting corporation 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 barbados . it is the only legally licensed terrestrial television station in barbados and is owned by the government of barbados ; 1 its studios 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 . contents 1 history 2 broadcast schedule 3 coverage 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit cbc tv first signed on in 1964 on channel 3 2 and became the first west indian station to air colour broadcasts in 1971 . 3 it moved to channel 9 in 1984 and its current channel position channel 8 in 1991 . 2 broadcast schedule edit 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 news broadcast at 7 00 p.m. runs for an hour on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends ; the anchors are 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 a.m. and the bold and the beautiful at 12 30 p.m. during times when it is not broadcasting classified ads are aired . coverage edit 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 islands of dominica grenada saint lucia and saint vincent and the grenadines . the station provides barbadians with some off air news 4 and sports 5 updates via social media including facebook and twitter . 6 for a time rebroadcasts of the news and other special programmes were aired on the station s official youtube channel cbcbarbados but these are no longer updated with much frequency . see also edit caribbean broadcasting corporation cbc communications in barbados references edit major barbadian license holders telecoms department a b carrington sean ; fraser henry 2003 . broadcasting . a z of barbados heritage . macmillan caribbean . p. 32 . isbn 0 333 92068 6 . alleyne mark d. 1990 . barbados . in surlin stuart h. ; soderlund walter c. mass media and the caribbean . caribbean studies . 6 . gordon and breach science publishers . isbn 2 88124 447 5 . retrieved 14 may 2015 . caribbean broadcasting corporation tv news on facebook caribbean broadcasting corporation tv sports on facebook cbcbarbados on twitter external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cbc tv 8 barbados & oldid 724713888 categories television channels and stations established in 1964television in barbadosmedia in barbadoscaribbean broadcasting corporationhidden categories twitter username same as wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 11 june 2016 at 00 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view