Current logo of the Barbados-based Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation television station "CBC TV 8".

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.

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.

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 "Pearson Bowen and Belle Holder", "Chat Room" with "John King and Cassandra Samuels" from 11:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m. 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 Marsha Branch, Deri Bowen, and Pearson Bowen.

The station also shows movies late at night, and soaps 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.

It is the only legally-licensed terrestrial television station in Barbados and is owned by the Government of Barbados.

CBC-TV 8 can also be seen on channel 108 on Multi-Choice TV, the CBC's wireless cable television system.

The studios of the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation are located in The Pine, Saint Michael.

[edit] See also

• Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

[edit] External links

• Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation