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This is a list of radio stations in Kingston, Jamaica. These are 16 radio stations in Kingston. FM Stations ... Sports, Reggae Music NewsTalk 93 FM: 93.7 MHz: News ...
On 9 July 1950, a commercial license to operate as a subsidiary of the British Rediffusion Group was issued to the Radio Jamaica and Rediffusion Network. Initially only four medium-wave, signal transmission sites broadcast throughout the island. In 1951 wire radio service was established from a central broadcasting station.
This is a list of reggae musicians. This includes artists who have either been critical to the genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one that has been on a major label). Bands are listed by the first letter in their name (not including the words "a", "an", or "the"), and individuals are listed by last name.
He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. [1] Gray began his career at ERI, a pirate radio station, in the 1980s. He subsequently presented the Jammin' Oldies Saturday night show on Cork's 96FM. [2] In October 1990, he began presenting a reggae show called The Sunshine Show on BBC Radio 1 on Wednesday nights. [3]
Owen Gray, also known as Owen Grey (born 5 July 1939), [1] is a Jamaican musician. His work spans the R&B, ska, rocksteady, and reggae eras of Jamaican music, and he has been credited as Jamaica's first home-grown singing star. [2]
Manley Augustus Buchanan (born 19 April 1949, Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), [1] better known as Big Youth (sometimes called Jah Youth), is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s. He commented, "Deejays were closest to the people because there wasn't any kind of establishment control on the sound systems". [2]
Wayne Jobson (born December 4, 1954), also known as Native Wayne, is a Jamaican record producer of European ancestry. He has worked with such artists as No Doubt, Gregory Isaacs and Toots & the Maytals. He hosts the weekly radio show "Alter Native" every Sunday afternoon on Indie 103.1.
Leroy Sibbles (born Leroy Sibblies, 29 January 1949) is a Jamaican reggae musician and producer. He was the lead singer for The Heptones in the 1960s and 1970s.. In addition to his work with The Heptones, Sibbles was a session bassist and arranger at Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Jamaica Recording and Publishing Studio and the associated Studio One label during the prolific late 1960s.