# Caribbean Broadcasting Union

The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) founded in 1970 is a not-for-profit association of public service and commercial broadcasters in the Caribbean. Its secretariat is located in Barbados.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the CBU created several regionally syndicated programmes including CaribScope, Caribbean Newsline, Caribbean News Review, Caribbean Business Weekly, Talk Caribbean, the Caribbean Song Festival, Riddim Express and the CaribVision television news exchange, among other programmes. These were some of the first television programmes to contribute to a nascent regional integration movement and enjoyed wide viewership, particularly CaribScope, a magazine containing arts, cultural and general-interest features submitted by member stations.
Leadership of the association is mainly rotated between representatives of the affiliated media houses. On 9 June 2000 the commercial operations of the CBU and the Caribbean News Agency were merged into the Caribbean Media Corporation, also based in Barbados, which has carried on the business of television production begun by the CBU.
The CBU's current mandate includes the facilitation of some broadcast services, representation, and training of the staff of member stations in support of a unified Caribbean community. It holds an Annual General Assembly (AGA) in one of the member nations every August. Member stations are drawn from the 15 member nations of the Caribbean Community, with the exception of Haiti. Other member stations are drawn from several nations in the Caribbean area.

## Membership
### Full members

| Country | Broadcasting organisation | Abbr. | Year |
| Anguilla | Anguilla Broadcasting Corporation | ABC | 2024 |
| Aruba | TeleAruba | | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Antigua and Barbuda Broadcasting Service | ABS | |
| Bahamas | Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas | | |
| Barbados | Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation | CBC | |
| Belize | Broadcasting Corporation of Belize | BCB | |
| Belize | Great Belize Productions | | |
| Bermuda | Bermuda Broadcasting Company | BBC | |
| Colombia | Teleislas | | 2017 |
| Curacao | TeleCuracao | | |
| Dominica | Dominica Broadcasting | | |
| Dominica | Marpin Television | | |
| Grenada | Grenada Broadcasting Corporation | | |
| Guyana | Guyana Television Broadcasting | | |
| Guyana | Guyana Broadcasting Corporation | | |
| Guyana | WRHM Television Service | | |
| Guyana | Viera Communications | | |
| Jamaica | CVM Television | | |
| Jamaica | Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation | JBC | |
| Jamaica | Television Jamaica | | |
| Montserrat | Radio Montserrat | | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | ZIZ Radio and Television | | |
| Saint Lucia | Cablevision | | |
| Saint Lucia | Helen Television System | | |
| Saint Lucia | Saint Lucia Broadcasting Corporation | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation | | |
| Suriname | Surinaamse Televisie Stichting | | |
| Suriname | ATV - Telesur | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | AVM Television | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Caribbean Communication Network - TV 6 | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | International Communication Network | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad Broadcasting | | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Radio Turks and Caicos | | |

### Associate members

| Country | Broadcasting organisation | Abbr. |
| Canada | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | CBC |
| Cuba | Cuban Institute of Radio and Television | ICRT |
| France | Société Nationale de Radio Télévision Française D'Outre-mer | |
| Jamaica | Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication | CARIMAC |
| Jamaica | The Creative Production & Training Centre Ltd. | |
| Jamaica | Independent Radio Co. Ltd. | |
| Jamaica | Radio Education Unit | |
| Netherlands | Radio Nederland Wereldomroep | RNW |
| Tortola | Department of Information and Public Relations | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Banyan Ltd. | |
| United Kingdom | British Broadcasting Corporation | BBC |
| United States | Cable News Network | CNN |
| United States | National Association of Broadcasters | NAB |
| United States | Voice of America | VOA |
| United States Virgin Islands | St. Thomas-St. John Cable Television | |

### Non-member affiliates & associates

* North American National Broadcasters Association (NANBA)
* National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)
* World Broadcasting Unions (WBU)
* Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA)
* Caribbean News Agency (CANA)
* European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
* Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU)
* Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)
* Union des Radiodiffusion et télévisions Nationales d'Afrique (URTNA)
* Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI)
* Asociación Internacional de Radiodifusión (AIR)
* Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CBA)

## Previous presidents of the CBU

* 1970–1973: Ray Smith
* 1973–1975: Leo de Leon
* 1975–1976: Ron Sanders
* 1976–1980: Frits Pengel
* 1980–1984: Terrence Holder
* 1984–1987: Frits Pengel
* 1987–1991: J.A. Lester Spaulding
* 1991–1999: Vic Fernandes
* 1999–2002: Stewart Krohn