This is a list of AM

Amplitude modulation

Amplitude modulation is a technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting information via a radio carrier wave. AM works by varying the strength of the transmitted signal in relation to the information being sent...

 and FM

Frequency modulation

In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency. This contrasts with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant...

 radio stations in Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. Where possible, nicknames of stations have been given alongside the frequencies.

AM station

Callsign	Frequency	URL	City/town	Network affiliation/owner Radio network There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...	Format
CBC Radio	900Khz	http://www.cbc.bb/	The Pine, Saint Michael Pine Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados Pine Hill is an area in Saint Michael, Barbados. It is known for the pine hill dairy, and CBC Broadcasting studios....	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados...	News/Music/Events Coverage

FM stations

Callsign	Frequency	URL	City/Town	Network affiliation/owner Radio network There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...	Format
Barbados Broadcasting Service (BBS)	90.7	http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Barbados Broadcasting Service (BBS)	Adult Contemporary/Easy listening music
Public Broadcast Service Public Broadcast Service The Public Broadcast Service is a government-owned educational radio and television broadcast service located in Barbados. Public Broadcast Service owns a radio station, 91.1FM and its television programming will be introduced in 2009....  (PBS)	91.9	http://www.pbsebarbados.org/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Public Broadcast Service Public Broadcast Service The Public Broadcast Service is a government-owned educational radio and television broadcast service located in Barbados. Public Broadcast Service owns a radio station, 91.1FM and its television programming will be introduced in 2009....  (PBS)	Educational
B.B.C. World Service	92.1	http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/institutional/frequencies.shtml	United Kingdom London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...	Talk/News/Sport
Voice of Barbados (VOB)/Gospel FM Voice of Barbados Voice of Barbados was introduced in 1981 as Barbados' second radio station. Originally located at 790 AM, the station was meant to complement the Redifussion service...	92.9	http://www.vob929.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Starcom Network Starcom Network Starcom Network began its life as Radio Distribution Limited, with the introduction of the first broadcast station then located at Wildey, St. Michael in 1935. At that time, the company transmitted its broadcast signal using a cable network system, known as subscription radio...	Talk/Sports/Music/Religious
CBC Radio	94.7	http://www.947fm.bb/	The Pine, Saint Michael Pine Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados Pine Hill is an area in Saint Michael, Barbados. It is known for the pine hill dairy, and CBC Broadcasting studios....	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados...	News/Music/Events Coverage
HOTT 95.3	95.3	http://www.hott953.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Starcom Network Starcom Network Starcom Network began its life as Radio Distribution Limited, with the introduction of the first broadcast station then located at Wildey, St. Michael in 1935. At that time, the company transmitted its broadcast signal using a cable network system, known as subscription radio...	Under 30/Urban/Reggae Reggae Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based... /Dub
Mix 96.9	96.9	http://www.mix969fm.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Mix Media Services Inc	Pop Pop music Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop... /Rock Rock music Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music... /R&B
Caribbean SuperStation CSS 97.5	97.5	http://www.yourcss.net/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Starcom Network Starcom Network Starcom Network began its life as Radio Distribution Limited, with the introduction of the first broadcast station then located at Wildey, St. Michael in 1935. At that time, the company transmitted its broadcast signal using a cable network system, known as subscription radio...	Pan-caribbean broadcasting of music, news, sports
The One	98.1	http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/radio1	The Pine, Saint Michael Pine Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados Pine Hill is an area in Saint Michael, Barbados. It is known for the pine hill dairy, and CBC Broadcasting studios....	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados...	Under 20
Quality FM	100.7	http://www.cbc.bb/index.pl/radio3	The Pine, Saint Michael Pine Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados Pine Hill is an area in Saint Michael, Barbados. It is known for the pine hill dairy, and CBC Broadcasting studios....	Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation is the government-owned media corporation located in Barbados.The television service broadcasts on channel 8 and is the only legally-licensed, over-the-air television channel broadcasting in the country of Barbados...	Jazz Jazz Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th... , Classical music Classical music Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times... , Folk Folk music Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers.... , and Int'l/Reg'l Standards
SLAM 101.1 FM	101.1	http://www.slam101fm.com/	Haggatt Hall, Saint Michael		Soca/Reggae/Dub/Top 40
Faith FM 102.1	102.1	http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Barbados Broadcasting Service (BBS)	Religious
Love FM 104	104.1	http://www.love1041.com/	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Starcom Network Starcom Network Starcom Network began its life as Radio Distribution Limited, with the introduction of the first broadcast station then located at Wildey, St. Michael in 1935. At that time, the company transmitted its broadcast signal using a cable network system, known as subscription radio...	News/Music
Radio GED	106.1	♦	Bridgetown, Saint Michael Bridgetown The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...	Barbados Community College	College Radio

Other broadcasters to Barbados

The following stations which are not based in Barbados do have significant radio coverage in Barbados.

Callsign	Frequency	URL	City/town	Network affiliation/owner Radio network There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...	Format
WE FM	99.9	http://www.999wefm.com/	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....	*

Future Station

Paradise FM have applied to launch a station aimed predominantly at the Tourist and Ex-Pat market, it hopes to be on air early 2010 http://www.freewebs.com/paradisefmbarbados/ for further information.

Defunct

From time to time radio stations in Barbados undergo rebranding. Some of the previous brands in Barbados include.

• Liberty 98.1 FM - a.k.a "Liberty To Set You Free" now known as The One 98.1 FM
• Rediffusion Barbados (Broadcasted via cable wires) - Associated-Rediffusion
  Associated-Rediffusion
  Associated-Rediffusion, later Rediffusion, London, was the British ITV contractor for London and parts of the surrounding counties, on weekdays between 1954 and 29 July 1968. Transmissions started on 22 September 1955.-Formation:...
  
   No longer in operation
• Yess 104.1 FM now known as Love FM

External links

• Telecommunications Unit - In the Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE)
  • Spectrum Management Handbook for Barbados, Telecommunications Unit