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Retro Radio Dial: 1988 Caribbean AM/SW Radio

Belize, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama Canal Zone, Surinam, Caribbean excluding Cuba, Dominican Republic & Haiti

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kHz Call/Brand Country Location
 
AM 
 
535 Radio Grenada Grenada St.George’s
550 RJR The Supreme Sound Jamaica Montego Bay
  WPAB Puerto Rico Ponce
555 ZIZ St.Kitts & Nevis Basseterre, St.Kitts
560 GBC Channel Two Guyana Georgetown
  New Radio Company of Jamaica Jamaica Kingston
580 RJR The Supreme Sound Jamaica Galina
  WKAQ Puerto Rico San Juan
595 DBC Dominica Broadcasting Service Dominica Roseau
600 WAEL Puerto Rico Mayaguez
  SRS Surinam Paramaribo
610 NBS Radio 610 Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain, Trinidad
620 ABBS Radio Antigua & Barbuda Broadcasting Service Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
  Island Broadcasting Services Jamaica Mandeville
625 Radio St.Lucia St.Lucia  
630 WQBS Puerto Rico San Juan
640 RFO Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Pointe a Pitre
  Kara’s Broadcasting Corporation Surinam Paramaribo
660 Radio St.Lucia St.Lucia Castries
680 WAPA Puerto Rico San Juan
690 The Caribbean Beacon Anguilla The Valley
700 Western Broadcasting Services Jamaica Montego Bay
705 705 Radio St.Vincent Kingstown
710 WKJB Puerto Rico Mayaguez
720 RJR The Supreme Sound Jamaica Kingston
730 Radio Trinidad Trinidad & Tobago Port of Spain, Trinidad
740 Radio Antilles Montserrat Plymouth
  WIAC Puerto Rico San Juan
750 New Radio Company of Jamaica Jamaica Port Maria
760 GBC Channel One Guyana Georgetown
  WORA Puerto Rico Mayaguez
770 RJR The Supreme Sound Jamaica Spur Tree
780 ZBVI British Virgin Islands Roadtown, Tortola
  AFRTS Puerto Rico Aguadilla [Ramey AFB]
790 VOB Voice of Barbados Barbados Bridgetown
  HOACA20 AFRTS Southern Command Network Panama Canal Zone Fort Clayton
800 PJB Trans World Radio Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
810 ZNS3 Radio Bahamas Bahamas Freeport
  WKVM Puerto Rico San Juan
820 Radio Apintie Surinam Paramaribo
825 Radio Paradise St.Kitts & Nevis Basseterre, St.Kitts
830 Belize Radio One Belize Belize City
840 WXEW Puerto Rico Yabucoa
850 New Radio Company of Jamaica Jamaica Savanna-la-Mar
  WABA Puerto Rico Aguadilla
860 PJZ-86 Radio Curom Netherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curacao
870 WVOZ Puerto Rico San Juan
880 WBOZ Puerto Rico Sabana Grande
885 ZJB Radio Montserrat Montserrat Plymouth
890 WRRE Puerto Rico Las Piedras
895 VON Voice of Nevis St.Kitts & Nevis Charlestown, Nevis
900 CBC Radio Barbados Bridgetown
910 Belize Radio One Belize Punta Gorda
  WPRP Puerto Rico Ponce
914 Radio Nickerie Surinam Nieuw Nickerie
930 Belize Radio One Belize Corozal
  Radio Antilles / BBC / Deutsche Welle / Radio Canada International / VOAMontserrat Plymouth
  WEKO Puerto Rico Cabo Rojo
940 Belize Radio One Belize San Ignacio
  WIPR Puerto Rico San Juan
960 P4A-6 Radio Victoria Aruba Oranjestad
  WJYT Puerto Rico Quebradillas
970 WSTX US Virgin Islands Christianstad, St.Croix
990 WPRA Puerto Rico Mayaguez
1000 WVWI US Virgin Islands St.Thomas
1010 PJC-7 Radio Hoyer 1 Netherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curacao
1020 WPJC Puerto Rico Adjuntas
1030 WOSO Puerto Rico San Juan
  Radio Paramaribo Surinam Paramaribo
1040 AFRTS Puerto Rico San Juan [Buchanan]
  WCXQ Puerto Rico Moca
1060 ZGBC Gospel Broadcasting Corporation Dominica Stow Estate
  RFO Guyane French Guiana St.Laurent du Maroni
  WCGB Puerto Rico Juana Diaz
1070 RFO Guyane French Guiana Matoury
  WMIA Puerto Rico Arecibo
1080 WLEY Puerto Rico Cayey
1090 Radio East Jamaica Ocho Rios
  WSOL Puerto Rico San German
  Radio Caraibes St.Lucia Castries
1100 Radio ZDK Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
  PJL-3 Radio Caribe Netherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curacao
1110 WVJP Puerto Rico Caguas
1120 PJE-3 Radio Statia Netherlands Antilles Oranjestad, St.Eustatius
  WMSW Puerto Rico Hatillo
1130 WOIZ Puerto Rico Guayanilla
1140 WQII Puerto Rico San Juan
1160 VSB3 Bermuda Hamilton
  WBQN Puerto Rico Barceloneta
1165 Caribbean Radio Lighthouse Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
1170 WLEO Puerto Rico Ponce
1190 WBMJ Puerto Rico San Juan
1200 AFRTS AFCN Caribbean Network Puerto Rico Roosevelt Roads
  WGDL Puerto Rico Lares
1205 Radio Cayman Cayman Islands Georgetown, Little Cayman
1210 Radio Caraibes Dominica Roseau
  WHOY Puerto Rico Salinas
1230 ZFB Bermuda Hamilton
  WNIK Puerto Rico Arecibo
1240 ZNS2 Radio Bahamas Bahamas Nassau, New Providence
  WALO Puerto Rico Humacao
1260 WISO Puerto Rico Ponce
1270 P4A-8 Radio Antiliana Aruba St.Nicholaas
1280 VSB2 Bermuda Hamilton
  WCMN Puerto Rico Arecibo
1290 WRRA US Virgin Islands Frederikstad, St.Croix
1300 PJD-2 Sunshine Sound Radio Netherlands Antilles Philipsburg, St.Maarten
  WTIL Puerto Rico Mayaguez
1310 RFO Martinique Martinique Fort de France
1320 P4A-10 Voice of Aruba Aruba Oranjestad
  WUNO Puerto Rico San Juan
1330 WENA Puerto Rico Penuelas
1340 ZBM Bermuda Hamilton
  AFRTS Cuba Guantanamo Bay [US territory]
  WNOZ Puerto Rico Aguadilla
  WSTA US Virgin Islands St.Thomas
1350 WEGA Puerto Rico Vega Baja
1360 WCHQ Puerto Rico Camuy
1370 WIVV Puerto Rico Vieques Island
1380 WOLA Puerto Rico Barranquitas
1390 WISA Puerto Rico Isabela
1400 WIDA Puerto Rico Carolina
1410 PJF-1 Voice of Saba Netherlands Antilles Bottom, Saba
  WRSS Puerto Rico San Sebastian
1420 RFO Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Basse Terre, Guadeloupe
  WEUC Puerto Rico Ponce
1430 WNEL Puerto Rico San Juan
1440 P4A-5 Radio Kelkboom Aruba Oranjestad
  AFRTS Southern Command Network Panama Canal Zone Fort Davis
1450 VSB1 Bermuda Hamilton
  WCPR Puerto Rico Coamo
  Radio Antilles St Vincent Kingstown
1460 AFRTS AFCN Caribbean Network Puerto Rico Vieques [Camp Garcia]
  WFAB Puerto Rico Juncos
  WLRP Puerto Rico San Sebastian
  Radio Turks & Caicos Turks & Caicos Islands Governors Beach, Grand Turk
1470 WKCK Puerto Rico Orocovia
1480 WMDD Puerto Rico Fajardo
1490 WZBS Puerto Rico Ponce
1500 PJC-9 Radio Hoyer 2 Netherlands Antilles Willemstad, Curacao
  WMNT Puerto Rico Manati
1505 Radio Anguilla Anguilla The Valley
1510 WAVB Puerto Rico Lajas
1520 WRAI Puerto Rico San Juan
1530 VOA Belize Punta Gorda
  WUPR Puerto Rico Uluado
1540 ZNS1 Radio Bahamas Bahamas Nassau, New Providence
  WBJA Puerto Rico Guayama
1550 WKFE Puerto Rico Yauco
1555 Radio Cayman Cayman Islands Gun Bluff, Grand Cayman
1560 WRSJ Puerto Rico San Juan
1570 WPPC Puerto Rico Penuelas
  Atlantic Beacon Turks & Caicos Islands South Caicos
1580 VOA Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
  VOA Belize Punta Gorda
  WCQC Puerto Rico Morovia
  WCQC Puerto Rico Manati
1590 WXRF Puerto Rico Guayama
1600 WLUZ Puerto Rico Santurce
1610 The Caribbean Beacon Anguilla The Valley
 
SW 
 
3285 Belize Radio One Belize Belmopan
3385 RFO Guyane French Guiana Matoury
5005 Radio Apintie Surinam Paramaribo
5055 RFO Guyane French Guiana Matoury
5950 GBC Channel Two Guyana Georgetown
5975 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6020 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
6040 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
  Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
6075 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6110 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6120 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6145 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
6160 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6165 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
6170 RFO Guyane French Guiana Matoury
6175 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
6180 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
6195 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9505 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9510 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9515 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9535 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9545 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
9565 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
9590 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9630 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9635 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
9640 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9650 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9690 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9700 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
9715 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9770 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
9790 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
9800 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
11670 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
11705 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
11715 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
11775 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
11785 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
11795 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
11810 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
11815 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
11865 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
11885 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
11995 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
13790 Deutsche Welle Montserrat Plymouth
15105 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15120 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
15200 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
15205 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15260 BBC Caribbean Relay Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15275 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15300 Radio France International French Guiana Montsinery
15315 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
15345 TWR Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
15355 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15365 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
15410 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
15435 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
15440 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
15560 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
17605 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
17715 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
17720 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
17810 Deutsche Welle Antigua & Barbuda St.John’s, Antigua
17840 Radio Suriname International Surinam Paramaribo
17860 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
21540 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
21645 Radio France Internationale French Guiana Montsinery
21680 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire
21685 Radio Nederland Relay Station Netherlands Antilles Bonaire

It Happened in the Caribbean in 1988

Population:  
   
Anguilla 9,000
Antigua & Barbuda 63,000
Aruba 66,000
Bahamas 255,000
Barbados 257,000
Belize 186,000
Bermuda 58,000
British Virgin Islands 17,000
Cayman Islands 26,000
Dominica 72,000
French Guiana 116,000
Grenada 96,000
Guadeloupe 391,000
Guyana 729,000
Jamaica 2,369,000
Martinique 360,000
Montserrat 11,000
Netherlands Antilles 191,000
Puerto Rico 3,528,000
St. Kitts Nevis 41,000
St. Lucia 138,000
St. Vincent 109,000
Surinam 402,000
Trinidad & Tobago 1,215,000
Turks & Caicos Islands 12,000
US Virgin Islands 104,000
   
Hurricane Gilbert September 8-19
Windies Test Match Captain Gordon Greenidge, Barbados
Singer Rihanna born Barbados
Singer Lord Melody died Trinidad

Favorite Movies of 1988: Your Personal Collection

Top 20 Singles

Billboard Top 10
 
  Singer Song
 
1 George Michael Faith
2 INXS Need You Tonight
3 George Harrison Got My Mind Set on You
4 Rick Astley Never Gonna Give Up on You
5 Guns N’Roses Sweet Child o’ Mine
6 Whitney Houston So Emotional
7 Belinda Carlisle Heaven is a Place on Earth
8 Tiffany Could’ve Been
9 Breathe Hands to Heaven
10 Steve Winwood Roll With It
 
Billboard Hot Latin Tracks
 
  Singer Song
 
1 Ana Gabriel Ay Mor
2 Yuri Que Te Pasa
3 Jose Luis Rodriguez ‘El Puma’ Y Tu Tambien Lloraras
4 Franco Marla
5 Juan Gabriel Debo Hacerlo
6 Raphael Toco Madera
7 Jose Jose Soy Asi
8 Lucia Mendez Un Alma en Pena
9 Emmanuel La Ultima Lura
10 Roberto Carlos Negra
 

Top 5 Music Albums: Your Personal Collection

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