Dominica Broadcasting Corporation (also known on-air as DBS or DBS Radio) is the national radio station of the Commonwealth of
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
. The service, owned by the
local government
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, is headquartered on Victoria Street in the island's capital,
Roseau
Roseau (Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau Ri ...
.
The company was founded in 1971 as Radio Dominica, and upon its launch replaced programming provided to the island by
WIBS
WIBS (1540 AM, Radio Caribe) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Variety format. Licensed to Guayama, Puerto Rico
Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama ( es, Municipio Autónomo de Guayama) is a city and munic ...
, the Windward Islands Broadcasting Service of
Grenada
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
. Among its earliest series were ''
The Dominica Story
''The Dominica Story: A History of the Island'' is a history book from 1975, written by Dominican historian Lennox Honychurch. It was the first published history of the island. Originally presented as a miniseries for Radio Dominica (now DBS Rad ...
'' (before its publication) and ''Espewans Kweyol''.
DBS is heard on 88.1 FM in Roseau and environs, and its signal is picked up across the Eastern Caribbean.
See also
*
Kairi FM
Kairi may originally refer to: Sea
Places
*Trinidad was formerly known as ''Kairi''; see Trinidad and Tobago
*Kairi, Queensland, a small town in Far North Queensland, Australia
* Kairi Ka Igamba, Kenya
People
* Kairi (name)
Fictional char ...
*
Q95 FM Q95 may refer to:
Radio stations
* KQSF, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
* WFBQ, in Indianapolis, Indiana
* WKQI, in Detroit, Michigan
* WQHY, in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
* WQTE, in Adrian, Michigan
Other uses
* At-Tin, the 95th surah of the Qur ...
External links
Official site
Mass media companies established in 1971
Mass media in Dominica
Radio stations in the Caribbean
Radio stations established in 1971
Publicly funded broadcasters
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