Retro: JBC-TV Jamaica, Saturday, May 5, 1990

[DM601]

(From The Daily Gleaner. Only channel listed -- was it the only one in Jamaica in 1990?)

JBC-TV
AM
5:50 Sign On
6 Break of Day
6:30 Cartoons
7 Caribbean Cross Roads
7:30 Cartoons
7:50 Aspects of Art (documentary)
8:15 Cartoons
8:30 World Tomorrow
9 Circle Square
9:30 Saturday Morning Sports
10:30 Cartoons
10:45 Haiti Dreams Of Democracy (documentary)
11:30 Movie: “Under The Biltmore Clock”
PM
1 CXC Maths Review: Problem Solving
1:23 Canbscope (listed as printed)
2 News Update/On TV
2:05 From The Grandstand
3 Africa
3:50 Remington Steele
4:40 Cartoons
5 Vibrations
5:30 Facts Of Life
6 Music Music Music
7 Sports Special (no description)
7:30 News/Weather/Health Watch
8 On TV
8:05 Wayne & Shuster
8:35 Dempsey And Makepeace
9:35 Tales From The Unexpected
10:45 Night Watch
10:55 Movie: “Scandal Sheet”
12:25 Late Movie: “The Defiant Ones”

 

[johnnya2k6]

I believe so; back then, JBC -- the government-run Jamaican Broadcasting Corporation -- had the only TV and radio stations in Jamaica.

In the case of U.S. shows? I think videotapes flown in from Miami were the only way to get their fix; same with MTV, HBO, ESPN, etc. as far as cable was concerned.

 

[joebtsflk1]

Stayed in a hotel in Ocho Rios in 2003...tvJ was the only local channel, along with some US affiliates. Remembered the televised spelling bee in the afternoon on tvJ guessing it was a special event. All the participants were in their school uniforms. ALL school age kids wore uniforms during the school day.

 

[EddieTheRapFan]

ALL school age kids wore uniforms during the school day.

Something completely normal in many countries, like mine (Argentina).

 

[joebtsflk1]

And I wish it were normal here, as well.