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In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the Bahamas is one of the richest countries in the Americas (following the United States and Canada), with an economy based on tourism and finance. [1] Tourism alone provides an estimated 45% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs about half the Bahamian workforce.
The Freeport News - Freeport, Grand Bahama Island The Nassau Guardian - Nassau , New Providence [2] [1] Official Gazette The Bahamas , founded in 1783, official newspaper of the Bahamas' government
The Bahamian economy is almost entirely dependent on tourism and financial services to generate foreign exchange earnings. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Bahamas is approximately $5.7 billion with tourism accounting for 50%, financial services nearly 20% and the balance spread among retail and wholesale trade, fishing, light manufacturing and agriculture. [9]
ZNS-TV's two transmitters, serving Nassau and Freeport, are the only over-the-air TV stations in the country. The rest of the country receives these channels (and a privately owned station) via Cable Bahamas, a privately held company that maintained an exclusive licence to operate cable TV services until 2009.
Lists of mass media in the Bahamas (3 P) + Bahamian mass media people (4 C) I. Internet in the Bahamas (2 P) N. Newspapers published in the Bahamas (3 P) R.
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ZNS-1 (branded as Radio Bahamas) is the oldest broadcast station in the Bahamas. It has a news/talk format, and broadcasts on 1540 kHz and 104.5 MHz in Nassau, with a repeater in Freeport on 107.7 MHz. It is under ownership of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas.
The Nassau Guardian is a newspaper in The Bahamas, [1] based in Nassau. Its first issue was published November 23, 1844. [2] [3] It is the largest newspaper in the Bahamas. [4] The paper is one of the oldest continually published newspapers in the world and is considered a newspaper of record for The Bahamas. [5]