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The Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) was a public broadcasting company in Jamaica founded in 1959 by premier Norman Manley with the aim of emulating the success of other national broadcasting companies such as the BBC and CBC.
Joyce Lilieth Robinson OJ CD MBE (née Lawson; 2 July 1925 – 12 May 2013) was a Jamaican public servant best known for her work as a librarian. She served for lengthy periods as director of the Jamaica Library Service (1957–1976) and chair of the National Library of Jamaica (1979–1996), and was also briefly general manager of the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (1981–1982).
1964 Jamaican broadcast strike, 97-day strike by Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation workers. [3] [4] 1980s. 1985 Jamaica general strike [5] [6] 21st century
In 1953, Jamaica became the first of the British colonies in the Caribbean to offer FM broadcasting when RJR began using the technology. By 1954, there were over 57,000 rediffusion boxes distributed throughout the country. [1] In 1959 Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation was founded as a public broadcasting corporation operated by the government ...
[7] [8] He was employed as a guitarist by the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) between the years 1958 and 1965, with public radio broadcasting (radio services had been established earlier with the first broadcast transmitted in November 1939) [9] commencing in 1959 and television broadcasting commencing in 1963.
In 1961, Whylie was the first black radio announcer hired by the British Broadcasting Corporation. [1] In 1973, he became the general manager of Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, where he remained until 1976. [2] In 1977, he joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he remained until 1997.
A. L. Hendriks was born in 1922 in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Jamaican father and a French mother. Hendriks was educated at Jamaica College and briefly at Ottershaw College in Surrey, England. After joining the family business for a few years he entered broadcasting in 1950.
In 1974, Ellington joined the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC), eventually hosting Morning Ride for over a dozen years. [1] [2] She also served as one of the main news anchors on Jamaican radio and television for decades. [1] In 2005, she made her directorial debut, when she staged the one-woman show Who Will Sing for Lena. [3]