Radio St. Lucia

Former radio station in St. Lucia

Castries, Saint Lucia

Frequency97.3 MHz (North)
97.7 MHz (South)^[1]OwnershipOwnerGovernment of Saint LuciaHistory

First air date

1 January 1972 (1972-01-01)^[2]

Last air date

31 July 2017 (2017-07-31)^[3]Technical informationERP2,000 watts^[1]

Radio St. Lucia was a radio station on Saint Lucia, located on the Morne Castries, which operated from 1972 to 2017.^[2]^[3] For a long period it was the only radio station on the island. Its programming featured a mixture of news, music, and talk. They were once wholly owned and operated by the Government of Saint Lucia but were later privatised. The government shut the station down on 31 July 2017 citing financial losses and unpaid taxes.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Technical Information". Radio St. Lucia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b Aimable, Anselma (9 May 2017). "Did you know?". St. Lucia News Online. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fedee addresses issues surrounding closure of Radio Saint Lucia". St. Lucia News Online. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2023.