Dominica Broadcasting Corporation Explained

Dominica Broadcasting Corporation
City:Roseau, Dominica
Area:Dominica and Eastern Caribbean[1]
Frequency:88.1 FM[2]
Airdate:November 1971
Format:Music / Talk / News
Coordinates:15.295°N -61.3854°W
Owner:Government of Dominica
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. The service, owned by the local government, is headquartered on Victoria Street in the island's capital, Roseau. Broadcast on the 88.1 FM frequency[2] (along with several others across the island nation),[3] 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. Programs from DBS over the years have included The Dominica Story (a year before its 1975 publication in book form) and Experience Kwéyòl (Espéwéyans Kwéyòl).[4] [5]

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  1. Book: Brown . Aggrey . Sanatan . Roderick . Talking with Whom? . 1987 . . 978-976-41-0074-4 . 103 . 2023-10-23 . 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. . registration . Google Books Snippets.
  2. Book: Crask . Paul . Dominica . 2008 . . 978-1-84162-217-0 . 46 . https://google.com/books/edition/Dominica/BQyakcstEWoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=DBS+Dominica+88.1+Roseau&pg=PA46&printsec=frontcover . 2023-10-23 . Media and Communications . registration . Google Books.
  3. News: Staff . Dominica Broadcasting Corporation (DBS Radio) celebrates 50 years of existence . 2023-10-23 . Dominica News Online (DNO) . 2021-11-02.
  4. Book: Rabess . Gregory . Guillbault . Jocelyne . Zouk: World Music in the West Indies . 1993-11-15 . . 0-226-31041-8 . 104 . https://books.google.com/books?id=d0lrjteCl2IC&dq=DBS+Dominica+-+Kweyol&pg=PA104 . 2023-10-23 . Cadence: The Dominican Experience - The Impact of Cadence . registration . Google Books.
  5. News: Staff . Golden Drum awardees Felix Henderson and DBS Radio . 2023-10-23 . Dominica News Online (DNO) . 2012-08-02.