Telecommunications in Trinidad and Tobago include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, CHR most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term contemporary hit radio was coined in the early 1980s by Radio & Records magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary, Urban contemporary and other formats.
The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6(CCN TV6) is a Trinidadian free-to-air television network. It operates an analog NTSC television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad and channel 19 in Tobago. Its studios are located at 35-37 Independence Square, Port of Spain.
One Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM) is a vertically integrated holding company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The new company was founded in December 2005, following the merger of the Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Nation Corporation of Barbados. The merger of the respective conglomerates was pursued after both companies held a sizable financial stake in each other for a number of years.
96WEFM is an FM radio station broadcasting on 96.1 MHz in the country of Trinidad and Tobago. The commercial radio station is privately owned by Trinidad and Tobago Radio Network Limited and began broadcasting on December 16, 1993.
The Caribbean Communications Network Ltd. (CCN) also known as the "CCN Group" Ltd., is a subsidiary of ONE Caribbean Media Limited. In December, 2005 both the Trinidad and Tobago–based Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) and the Barbados-based Nation Corporation entered into a merger agreement for formation of the new ONE Caribbean Media Limited company. Following the merger, Caribbean Communications Network Ltd. as the larger of two companies continued to hold the aegis of the new dynamic media conglomerate based in Independence Square of Port of Spain, in Trinidad and Tobago. Prior to merger, CCN was ranked as one of the top 50 largest Caribbean companies.
Francesca Hawkins is a television news presenter and public relations specialist in Trinidad and Tobago. She is a frontline presenter for CNC3 Television. She is the current President of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Trinidad and Tobago Television Limited, known as TTT, is a state owned national television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago with its headquarters located at 11 A Maraval Road, Port of Spain.
World Indian Network Television was a television station in Trinidad and Tobago. Launched in 2007, it was one of two local television stations dedicated to the East Indian market. Its headquarters were located at the Corner of Henry and Bonito Street, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago.
The National Broadcasting Network (NBN), formerly National Broadcasting Service of Trinidad and Tobago and International Communications Network (ICN), was a state-owned broadcasting station in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago between November 1969 and January 2005.
Radio Jaagriti 102.7 FM is a 24-hour radio station in Trinidad and Tobago formed by the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha to broadcast Hindu religious programming and to address the needs of the Hindu community in the media.
The radio programming in Trinidad and Tobago caters to a diverse ethnic demographic. The genesis of radio broadcasting in Trinidad and Tobago began in 1925 with British Rediffiusion via a wired relay network. During World War II, the US Armed Forces Radio Service network – WVDI began broadcasting in May 1943 from Fort Reid, Chaguaramas. At that time, WVDI mainly serviced the armed forces throughout the Caribbean.
Jeremy Taylor is a writer, editor and publisher who was born in England and has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean since 1971.
C Television(C TV) was the flagship television station of the Caribbean New Media Group, a state-owned media company in Trinidad and Tobago that was formed in 2005 as the successor company to Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). Until August 2018, C TV operated from studios at 11 A Maraval Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The station boasted that its facilities were the most technologically advanced of its kind in the Caribbean region at the time of launch. The station was replaced by a rebranded TTT in August 2018.
Guardian Media Limited is the media sector of the Trinidadian-based company ANSA McAL. Its headquarters are located at 22-24 St. Vincent Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
David F.Muhammad is a Trinidadian author, writer and Nation of Islam leader.
Vibe CT 105.1 FM is a radio station broadcasting from Trinidad and Tobago owned and operated by Guardian Media Limited. The station first started broadcasting on New Years Day, 1 January 1991 as Radio Tempo 105FM but was later rebranded as Vibe CT 105.1, the first Station in T&T to offer an all formatted local music content. The station also touts as being the sports leader as it broadcasts live the majority of the sporting events taking place in the region.
Sangeet 106.1FM is a radio station Broadcasting from Trinidad and Tobago owned and operated by The TBC Radio Network. It was formerly known as Prime 106.1FM broadcasting Pop format.
Freedom 106.5 is a radio station Broadcasting from Trinidad and Tobago owned and operated by The TBC Radio Network. The station rebranded from Aakash Vani 106.5FM to Freedom 106.5 in April 2022 with content from Aakash Vani moving to an online format.
95 The Ultimate One is a radio station broadcasting from Trinidad and Tobago owned and operated by Guardian Media Limited. It is currently the oldest station in Trinidad and Tobago. The station rebranded from "951 The Best Mix" to "951 Remix" on November 27, 2017 and then to "95 The Ultimate One" on March 28, 2022.
