ZNS-3 (branded as ''The Light'' or the Northern Service) is the third-oldest radio station in the Bahamas, having begun broadcasting in 1973. It is under ownership of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas. ZNS-3 broadcasts at 810 kHz on the AM band using a 10 kW transmitter and also broadcasts at 104.5 MHz on the FM band using a 10 kW transmitter.
The Bahamas'
ITU prefix
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is officially C6-, though it still uses its older ZN- prefix for most of its AM/FM radio and television stations from when it was a colony of the
United Kingdom
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, though has listed ZNS-3's call sign as C6B-3 in the past, similar to its other non-broadcast signals.
External links
Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas
References
Radio stations in the Bahamas
Contemporary Christian radio stations
Clear-channel radio stations
Radio stations established in 1973
1973 establishments in the Bahamas
Freeport, Bahamas
Christianity in the Bahamas
Public radio
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