Caribbean Broadcast Network

Not to be confused with the Caribbean Broadcasting Network in the United States Virgin Islands.

Television station in Road Town, British Virgin Islands

Caribbean Broadcast Network
Road Town, British Virgin Islands
Channels	Digital: 101 (Cable)
Ownership
Owner	Caribbean Broadcast Network (BVI) Limited
History
Founded	November 1973; 51 years ago (1973-11)
Former call signs	ZBTV
Links
Website	www.cbnvirginislands.com

The Caribbean Broadcast Network (CBN) is the local television station for Road Town, and the rest of the British Virgin Islands. Owned locally by Caribbean Broadcast Network (BVI) Limited, the station broadcasts a 24-hour schedule of local entertainment, news, sports and religious programming, along with infomercials and movies.

CBN was founded in 2005 replacing ZBTV. It started broadcasting in November 1973 on channel 5, its schedule as of 1979 consisted mainly of American television series some religious programming. The station in 1978 threatened against WTJX-TV for the creation of a relay station on the same frequency.

References

"Television Factbook" (PDF). 1976. p. 1079-b. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
Monday's TV Listings. The Virgin Islands Daily News. 19 November 1979.
Tortola TV Station Fights Channel 12 Plans. The Virgin Islands Daily News. 17 November 1978.

External links

Official website

v t e Television stations in the Virgin Islands
Saint Thomas, USVI	WFIG-LD (8.1 Ion, 8.2 int'l, 8.3 VITV, 8.4 WX, 8.5 religious) WZVI (8.1 Ion, 8.3 VITV, 8.4 WX, 21.1 Z21) WTJX-TV (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Kids, 12.3 PBS alt.) WVXF (17.1 Cozi, 17.2 Fox) WVGN-LD (19.1 NBC) WMNS-LD (22.1 TV2/Ind.) W33DD-D (33.1 CDM)
Saint Croix, USVI	WSVI (8.1 Ion, 8.2 int'l, 8.3 VITV, 8.4 WX, 8.5 religious) W05AW-D (12.1 PBS, 12.2 Kids, 12.3 PBS alt.) WCVI-TV (23.1 CBS, 23.2 ABC, 23.3 Court TV) W24DO-D (24.1 CDM)
British Virgin Islands	CBN
Local cable channels	TV2
Defunct stations	WBNB-TV 10 (CBS, Saint Thomas) WVIF 15 (Pax/Ind., Saint Croix)
U.S. territories broadcast television Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam US Virgin Islands Insular Areas See also Communications in the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia Palau Marshall Islands Hawaii

v t e Television stations in the British Overseas Territories
Anguilla	ZJF-TV
Bermuda	ZFB-TV ZBM-TV CITV Bermuda
British Virgin Islands	CBN
Cayman Islands	CIGTV
Falkland Islands	FITV
Gibraltar	GBC Television
Montserrat	ZTV PTV
Turks and Caicos Islands	4NEWS TCeyeTV
Defunct stations	ZBK-TV (Bermuda) VSB-TV (Bermuda) Cayman 27 (Cayman Islands)

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