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JBC Television began broadcasting on Sunday, 4 August 1963 at 6 pm ( See: The Daily Gleaner Archives, August 4, 1963, page 2), to coincide with the first anniversary of Jamaica's independence. [2] It was the second television service launched in the Commonwealth Caribbean, following Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) from the previous year. [3]
Lumsden worked in Jamaica for the Banana Board before teaching Botany and Agronomy at the Jamaica School of Agriculture from 1963 to 1965. He worked for the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation from 1965 to 1981, his work including commentary on horse racing. [13] From 1981 to 1989 he was an agricultural adviser to the Minister of Agriculture.
[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 addition to his contract at the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC), Malcolm also worked as a composer and arranger for other clients such as the Jamaica Little Theatre Movement for whom he created the original musical for the libretti of two pantomimes: Banana Boy in December 1958 (libretto by Ortford St John) and Jamaica Way in 1960 ...
McNab worked as a sportscaster with the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation. [3] References This page was last edited on 27 June 2024, at 18:14 (UTC). Text is ...
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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.