ZFKG-FM

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ZFKG-FM
Broadcast area Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Frequency 89.9 MHz
BrandingRadio Cayman 1
Programming
Format News/Talk
Affiliations BBC World Service
Ownership
Owner Government of the Cayman Islands
ZFKZ-FM (aka "Radio Cayman 2")
ZFGT-FM (aka "Sunny 107.9")
History
First air date
12 December 1976 [1]
Former call signs
ZFKC-FM, ZCX; ZFKB-FM (Cayman Brac)
Technical information
ERP 5,000 watts
HAAT 10 meters
Transmitter coordinates
19°20′N81°10′W / 19.333°N 81.167°W / 19.333; -81.167
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website RadioCayman.gov.ky

ZFKC-FM (89.9 FM, "Radio Cayman 1") is a radio station in the Cayman Islands. [2] The station is owned by the Cayman Islands Government [3] and has a news/talk format with the focus on community affairs and current events, plus blocks of music. [4]

Contents

Radio Cayman's first broadcast was on 12 April 1976 but regular programmes did not begin until December of that year. [1] [5] The station's most recent licence was issued on 11 December 2003, [6] [7] but it was amended on 18 October 2007 to reflect the move of the main Radio Cayman 1 transmitter in Grand Cayman and its Cayman Brac translator to the same 93.9 MHz frequency. [8]

Translators

City of license Identifier Frequency Power
Cayman Brac ZFKG-FM-1 (formerly ZFKB-FM)93.9 FM2,000 watts
Blossom Village, Little Cayman ZFKL-FM93.9 FM250 watts
Gun Bluff ZFKC (formerly ZCX)1550 AM20,000 watts

References

  1. 1 2 Miller, Kathy (21 April 2008). "Radio Cayman's 32 Years". Cayman Net News.
  2. Jacobs, George (2007). National Radio: Cayman Islands. Billboard Books. p. 152. ISBN   978-0-8230-5997-3.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. "FM Broadcasting Stations in the Cayman Islands". ICTA. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  4. "Broadcasting". Cayman Islands Government. 14 July 2005. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  5. McLean, V. Arden (21 April 2008). "Radio Cayman's 32nd Anniversary Supplement". Cayman Net News.
  6. "Broadcast License Register". ICTA. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  7. "Licence to Radio Cayman" (PDF). ICTA. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  8. "Amendment number 1 to the licence of Radio Cayman" (PDF). ICTA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2008.