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| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Government Information Service [1] |
| History | |
First air date | 14 October 2001 [2] |
The National Television Network of Saint Lucia is a cable television network (channel 2) owned by the country's government. The channel broadcasts from Castries, its capital, and produces programming in English and Kweyol languages. [3]
Until 2001, television in Saint Lucia was dominated by networks from the United States. [1] On May 17, 2001, the government started test broadcasts of NTN [3] with extensive trial broadcasts starting in July. The Cabinet formally established NTN in September. [4] Regular broadcasts started on October 14 on channel 2, which rebroadcast CNN Headline News the rest of the day. [2]
As of 2009, NTN was broadcasting a four hour schedule from 6pm to 10pm with a repeat the following morning. [5]
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