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In 1963, three companies applied for a second television station. A commission was set up to receive these applications. The companies were the Atlantic Broadcasting Company, owners of ZFB Radio, the Bermuda Broadcasting Company, owners of ZBM-TV and the Tele Radio Company, headed by television engineer Eugene Woods, who worked at ZBK-TV (channel 10, 1955 to 1959).
Television in Bermuda was introduced in 1958. All broadcast television stations serving the islands of Bermuda operate from the city of Hamilton, Bermuda. The current television stations in Bermuda include: ZFB-TV, an ABC affiliate owned by Bermuda Broadcasting; ZBM-TV, a CBS affiliate owned by Bermuda Broadcasting
ZBM-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Hamilton, Bermuda, serving the British territory as an affiliate of CBS. It is owned by the Bermuda Broadcasting Company alongside ABC affiliate ZFB-TV (channel 7). The two stations share studios on Fort Hill Road in Devonshire Parish.
The Bermuda Broadcasting Company's radio stations and TV stations use the call letters "ZFB" and "ZBM". [1] The ZBM call sign has been in use since 1953 for an AM radio station, since 1962 for an FM radio station, making it one of the oldest in Bermuda. Beginning in 1958, the call sign was use for the first Bermudian television station.
Calls from Bermuda to the US, Canada, and other NANP nations are dialed as 1 + NANP area code + 7-digit number. Calls from Bermuda to non-NANP countries are dialed as 011 + country code + phone number with local area code. Number Format: nxx-xxxx Telephones - main lines in use: 57,700 (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 60,100 (2006)
Hamilton is located on the north side of Hamilton Harbour, and is Bermuda's main port. Although there is a parish of the same name, the city of Hamilton is in the parish of Pembroke. The city is named after Sir Henry Hamilton, governor of the territory from 1786 to 1793. Hamilton Parish antedates the city.
VSB was the first station in Bermuda to use chroma key, virtual sets and regular sports and weather segments, the latter of which with moving maps. [ 1 ] After the closure of VSB-TV, DeFontes closed the television business due to a costly process of converting to digital broadcasting, before shutting down the company altogether.
The Royal Gazette (Hamilton, Bermuda) (daily [1] print and web, began publication in 1828) Workers' Voice (published by Bermuda Industrial Union), (Hamilton, Bermuda) The following were previously published: The Bermuda Gazette (published from 1784 to 1816) (St. George's, Bermuda) Bermuda Sun (bi-weekly, [1] published from 1964 to 2014 ...