Broadcasting
Government’s Radio Cayman provides a choice of two services, Radio Cayman One and Two. One airs news, information, and community affairs, as well as music and a popular afternoon talk show, and Two plays mostly music. Both broadcast 24 hours daily, Radio Cayman One on Grand Cayman on 89.9FM and on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman on 93.9FM, Radio Cayman Two on 105.3FM on Grand Cayman and on 91.9FM on the Sister Islands. Listeners can also tune in via the web at www.radiocayman.gov.ky.
Government’s weather service broadcasts advisories on 107.9FM.
ICCI-FM was Cayman’s first radio station, going on the air in 1973. It is a non-commercial, training workshop for broadcasting students of the International College of the Cayman Islands. The station broadcasts on 101.1FM.
Z99 offers 24-hour music programming -- current and classic rock, Caribbean, rap, and hip-hop.
Heaven 97 plays round-the-clock contemporary Christian music and spiritual information. The same company also operates Gospel 88.7 for listeners who favour the classics.
Vibe 98.9 follows an urban Caribbean music format and airs specialty shows featuring jazz, Latin, oldies/retro, gospel and club.
Ocean 95 is an automated station that targets the stay-over tourist audience with current and gold hit music.
Rooster 101 feeds Cayman’s love of country music and is home to a popular morning call-in show.
Style 96.5 plays both current and classic popular music – Caribbean, rock, hip-hop, soul and rap.
Spin 94.9 bills itself as “your dance station” and often features DJs that entertain in Island nightclubs.
dms Broadcasting operates X107.1 which plays alternative and contemporary hit music; Kiss 106.1 which plays contemporary and gold adult contemporary; and Hot 104.1. which plays Caribbean music and features a popular evening drive time talk show.
As exciting as the radio market is in 2006, there are rumours that more stations may soon be on the air. Many of the stations keep costs low by being partially automated, using satellite network feeds during part of the day. Almost all have websites; some also webcast.
Television
There are six broadcast television channels in the Cayman Islands.
Entertainment, news and sports can be found on Cayman 27, owned by CITN (Cayman International Television Network), and Island 24, owned by CTS (Cayman Television Service).
Three channels provide religious programming; one transmits programming from the U.S.-based Trinity Broadcasting Network, the second is administered by the Cayman Islands Mission of Seventh-day Adventists and the third by the Roman Catholic Church.
The sixth channel, Discover Cayman, is an entertainment and activity guide for both visitors and residents.
Weststar TV Ltd. operates a microwave relay cable TV subscription service. The company offers a basic 36-channel package of U.S. network entertainment, news (including the BBC), movie, cartoon, music, information, and sports channels that also includes the six local channels. Dedicated TV viewers may select, and pay more for, several different packages that offer, for example, more sports or more movies or more family channels.
Satellite dishes and tape clubs also provide viewing fare.
Last Updated: 2005-07-14