- Radio Cayman 1
Infobox Radio station
name = Radio Cayman 1
area =Grand Cayman ,Cayman Islands
branding = "Radio Cayman 1"
slogan = "The Voice Of The Cayman Islands"
airdate =12 December , 1976
frequency = 89.9 MHz
format = News/Talk
erp = 5,000watt s
haat = 10meter s
coordinates = coord|19|20|N|81|10|W
former_callsigns =
owner = Government of the Cayman Islands
sister_stations =Breeze FM (aka "Radio Cayman 2")
webcast = [http://www.caymannetnews.com/radiocayman.shtml Listen Live]
website = [http://www.radiocayman.gov.ky/ RadioCayman.gov.ky]
affiliations =BBC World Service Radio Cayman 1 (89.9 FM) is a
radio station in theCayman Islands in theBritish West Indies . [cite book |title=National Radio: Cayman Islands |page=p. 152 |work=World Radio TV Handbook 2007: The Directory of Global Broadcasting |date=2007 |first=George |last=Jacobs |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=0823059979] The station is owned by the Government of the Cayman Islands. [cite web |publisher=ICTA |title=FM Broadcasting Stations in the Cayman Islands |url=http://www.icta.ky/da_broadcast_stations.php |accessdate=2008-09-14] It airs a news/talk format with focus on community affairs and current events plus blocks of music. [cite web |publisher=Cayman Islands Government |title=Broadcasting |url=http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=1142,1481245&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |date=2005-07-14 |accessdate=2008-09-14]Radio Cayman's first broadcast was on
12 April , 1976 but regular broadcasting did not begin until December 1976.cite news |work=Cayman Net News |title=Radio Cayman's 32 Years |url=http://www.caymannetnews.com/archivelist.php?news_id=6823&pageaction=showdetail&news_id=6823&arcyear=2008&arcmonth=4&arcday=21 |date=2008-04-21 |first=Kathy |last=Miller] [cite news |work=Cayman Net News |title=Radio Cayman's 32nd Anniversary Supplement |first=V. Arden |last=McLean |url=http://www.caymannetnews.com/archivelist.php?news_id=6825&pageaction=showdetail&news_id=6825&arcyear=2008&arcmonth=4&arcday=21 |date=2008-04-21] The station's latest license was issued on11 December , 2003. [cite web |publisher=ICTA |title=Broadcast License Register |url=http://www.icta.ky/da_licences.php |accessdate=2008-09-14] [cite web |publisher=ICTA |format=PDF |title=Licence to Radio Cayman |url=http://www.icta.ky/docs/Licences/Radio%20Cayman%20Licence.pdf |accessdate=2008-09-14] The licence was amended on18 October , 2007 to realign both the main Radio Cayman 1 transmitter and its Cayman Brac-based translator to the same 89.9MHz frequency. [cite web |publisher=ICTA |format=PDF |title=Amendment number 1 to the licence of Radio Cayman |url=http://www.icta.ky/docs/Licences/Radio_Cayman_Amend1.pdf]Translators
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callsign =
call1 = Radio Cayman 1
freq1 = 89.9 FM
watts1 = 300
city1 =Cayman Brac References
External links
* [http://www.radiocayman.gov.ky/ Radio Cayman official website]
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