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NBC Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Radio station of the National Broadcasting Corporation, a statutory board that its own history dates to legislation of 16 April 1986; the regulator lists it on 90.7 and 89.7 FM.
✓ Last reviewed: September 2026
OperatorNational Broadcasting Corporation, a statutory board, per the station’s own history
Enabling legislationenacted 16 April 1986, per the station’s own history; the Act itself could not be retrieved
Name from1 July 1986, per the station’s own history
Frequencies107.5 and 90.7 FM, per the station’s own page; 90.7 and 89.7, per the NTRC’s undated list
Web locationnbcsvg.com; sport in the category nbcsvg.com/category/sports

What is NBC Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines?

NBC Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines is the radio station of the National Broadcasting Corporation. The station's own history states: “On April 16th 1986, legislation was enacted to set up a statutory board, under the name National Broadcasting Corporation – NBC, to run the affairs of the Radio Station and for its name to be changed.” It states that the government of the day “decided to remove the station from under the direct supervision of the government's Information Ministry.”[1] The Act itself was not retrieved: the House of Assembly's Acts page lists annual volumes only from 1993, so its number and wording are not given here.[5]

The same page states: “We now broadcast on 107.5 and 90.7 FM.” It states that 705AM has been taken off the air. Its mission statement reads: “The National Broadcasting Corporation exists to promote National Development through the production and broadcasting of information, education, and entertainment programmes, to Vincentians, in a timely, efficient and professional manner.”[1] The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission's list of FM broadcasters, which carries no date, gives NBC Radio's frequencies as 90.7 and 89.7 and names the National Broadcasting Corporation as its operator.[3]

What does NBC Radio cover?

The station's website, nbcsvg.com, keeps a sports category. As retrieved on 26 September 2026 it listed items dated from 3 September 2025 to 5 March 2026: the 2026 National CARIFTA Trials at the Sir Vincent Beache Stadium, a table tennis tournament, the Vincy Jewels retaining the ECCB netball title, the Lady Tridents crowned WIFA women's champions, a Calliaqua football championship, and an item dated 9 October 2025 on Vincy Heat's friendly win over Cuba's under-23 team.[2]

How large is NBC Radio's audience?

No radio audience survey or measured listenership figure for NBC Radio was retrieved, and no audience measurement body for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was found. The station's own page gives no listenership figure.[1]

Its vision statement reads: “To be the premiere Broadcast Station in the OECS, which is well managed, self-sustaining with competent and dedicated staff delivering popular and entertaining programmes geared towards the development of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.” That is an aim the corporation sets itself, not a measured position.[1]

Since when has NBC Radio existed?

The station's history dates it in stages, all in its own account. It states that an earlier broadcast “continued until 1957 when St.Vincent signed onto the Windward Islands Broadcasting Service – WIBS, which began in neighboring Grenada in 1954.”[1]

It gives two dates for the end of that arrangement. One passage states: “Before commencing broadcast on Jan 1, 1971, we waited as usual for the station identification signal, which was, relayed from Network Headquarters in Grenada – It never came.” Another states: “Then came the establishment of Radio St. Vincent on January 3rd 1972.” It states that new studios were set up “at Richmond Hill, in the capital Kingstown in May 1977.”[1]

It states: “On July 1st, 1986 what was initially WIBS, then Radio St.Vincent and the Grenadines – RSVG, became known as NBC Radio St.Vincent and the Grenadines.” And: “In January of 2002, NBC RADIO, started the process of changing its transmission to the FM Band.”[1]

Why does NBC Radio matter in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' sport?

NBC Radio is run by a statutory corporation which, by its own history, was set up by legislation of 16 April 1986 and taken out of the direct supervision of the government's Information Ministry.[1] As retrieved on 26 September 2026, its sports category listed items from September 2025 to March 2026 on the national athletics trials, national and regional netball, football and table tennis.[2]

Reporters Without Borders files the Eastern Caribbean islands together under the OECS. Its media-landscape entry states: “On several of the islands, political parties hold majority shares in media companies, undermining journalistic independence throughout the region. Governments also wield significant influence over radio stations, newspapers and online media outlets.” Its legal-framework entry states: “In 2016, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines passed an ambiguous cybercrime law aimed at curbing online press freedom under the guise of criminal defamation.”[4] Those are RSF's statements; it names no Vincentian outlet in them.

References

  1. NBC Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines — About Us (history 1957–2002; statutory board; frequencies; mission and vision). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  2. NBC Radio St. Vincent and the Grenadines — Sports category (items dated 3 September 2025 to 5 March 2026, as retrieved 26 September 2026). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  3. National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC) — Radio Coverage (list of FM broadcasters, undated; NBC Radio 90.7, 89.7). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  4. Reporters Without Borders — World Press Freedom Index, OECS page (media landscape; political context; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines cybercrime law of 2016). Accessed 2026-09-26.
  5. House of Assembly of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Acts page (annual volumes 1993–2025 as PDF files; no titles, no search). Accessed 2026-09-26.