Caribbean Broadcasting Union

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Caribbean Broadcasting Union[1]
Formation1970
TypeUnion of broadcasting organisations
HeadquartersBridgetown, Barbados
Membership28 active members in 15 countries and dependencies
Official language
English
Websitewww.caribroadcastunion.org

The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a not-for-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean. Its secretariat is located in Barbados.[1][2]

Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regionally syndicated programmes including CaribScope, Caribbean Newsline, Caribbean News Review, Caribbean Business Weekly, Talk Caribbean, the Caribbean Song Festival, Riddim Express and the CaribVision television news exchange, among other programmes.

Leadership of the association is mainly rotated between representatives of the affiliated media houses. On 9 June 2000 the commercial operations of the CBU and the Caribbean News Agency were merged into the Caribbean Media Corporation, also based in Barbados, which has carried on the business of television production begun by the CBU.

The CBU's current mandate includes the facilitation of some broadcast services, representation, and training of the staff of member stations in support of a unified Caribbean community. It holds an Annual General Assembly (AGA) in one of the member nations every August. Member stations are drawn from the 15 member nations of the Caribbean Community, with the exception of Haiti. Other member stations are drawn from several nations in the Caribbean area.[2]

Membership

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Full members

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As of December 2025, 21 public and private organizations have full memberships. These organizations range from radio and television broadcasters, newspapers, magazines, and media educational institutions.[3]

Country Broadcasting organisation Abbr. Year
Anguilla Radio Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service ABS
Bahamas Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas ZNS
Barbados Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation CBC
Starcom Network
Belize Great Belize Productions GBP
Bermuda Bermuda Broadcasting Company BBC
Colombia Teleislas 2017[4]
Cuba Institute of Information and Social Communication (es) ICS
Curacao TeleCuracao
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana National Communications Network NCN
Newsroom Guyana
Error creating thumbnail: Jamaica Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (formerly Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation) PBSJ (JBC)
RJRGleaner
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation ZIZ
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Algemene Televisie Verzorging ATV
DIME Network
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Communications Network CCN
Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago (Corporate Communications Department)[a]
TTT Limited formerly Trinidad and Tobago Television TTT
Content Capital TV WESN
File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands Radio Turks and Caicos


Associate members

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As of December 2025, 7 public and private organizations are associate members.[3]

Country Broadcasting organisation Abbr. Year
Barbados Barbados Government Information Service[b] [7] BGIS
UWITV Global (University of the West Indies) UWI
Belize Cuban Institute of Radio and Television ICRT
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Government Information Service [c]
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Guyana National Broadcasting Authority[d] GNBA
Error creating thumbnail: Jamaica Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication CARIMAC
Creative Production & Training Centre CPTC

Former members

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This is a list of known former full and associate members are found from archived sources. As of September 2025, 20 were found as former members.

Country Broadcasting organisation Abbr. Defunct Defunct Reason
Anguilla Kreative Communications Network[10] KCN No
Cuba Cuban Institute of Radio and Television[10] ICRT Yes Replaced by the Institute of Information and Social Communication (es).[11]
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica SAT Telecommunications[12] SAT Yes Acquired by Digicel[13] and later rebranded as Digicel Play.[14]
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada Columbus Communications Yes
Grenada Broadcasting Network[12] GBN No
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana Multi Technology Vision[12] MTV No
Error creating thumbnail: Jamaica Phase 3 Productions[12] No
Radio Jamaica[12] RJR No
File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique Martinique 1ère[10] No
File:Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat Radio Montserrat[10] ZJB No
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg St. Lucia Government Information Service[e] [10] Unknown
Radio St. Lucia (rebranded as Saint Lucia FM) [12] RSL Formerly was Shutted down on due to financial reasons.[16] The frequency has been revived by the local government on August 1, 2025 as Saint Lucia FM.[17]
File:Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten Sint Maarten Cable TV[12] (formerly operated by Viya) Yes Acquired by the TelEm Group.[18]
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC Radio)[10] SVGNBC No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation (SVG-TV)[10] SVGBC No
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname Surinaamse Televisie Stichting (nl)[10] STVS No
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago DirecTV Trinidad[10] No
Caribbean New Media Group (C TV) CNMG & C TV Yes Replaced by TTT Limited.[19]
Mersu Caribbean Consulting Group[10] No
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg US Virgin Islands Viya[10] No

Non-member affiliates & associates

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List of presidents of the CBU

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  • 1970–1973: Ray Smith
  • 1973–1975: Leo de Leon
  • 1975–1976: Ron Sanders
  • 1976–1980: Frits Pengel
  • 1980–1984: Terrence Holder
  • 1984–1987: Frits Pengel
  • 1987–1991: J.A. Lester Spaulding
  • 1991–1999: Vic Fernandes
  • 1999–2002: Gordon “Butch” Stewart
  • 2002–2013: Vic Fernandez
  • 2013–2018: Shida Bolai
  • 2018–2021: Gary Allen
  • 2021–2022: Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs
  • 2022–2024: Claire Grant
  • 2024–present: Anthony Greene

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago is under the name of Corporate Communications Department and is a department of the Trinidad and Tobago Government[5]
  2. ^ Barbados Government Information Service is a department of the Barbados Government. [6]
  3. ^ Government Information Service is a department of the Grenada Government.[8]
  4. ^ Guyana National Broadcasting Authority is a department of the Guyana Government. [9]
  5. ^ Government Information Service is a department of the St. Lucia Government. [15]

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