St Vincent and the Grenadines media guide

There are several private radio stations and a national radio service which is partly government-funded. Newspapers are privately-owned.

The constitution guarantees press freedom and this is usually respected by the government, says Freedom House.

A 2016 Cybercrime Act broadened defamation laws to include online publications. Journalists warned that it could be used to restrict independent reporting, Freedom House said.

There were 91,000 internet users by July 2022, comprising 81% of the population (Internetworldstats.com).

• Media guides by BBC Monitoring

Press

• The Herald - daily

• The News - weekly

• Searchlight - weekly

• The Vincentian - weekly, owned by Vincentian Publishing Company

Television

• SVG Television - operated by St Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corporation

Radio

• NBC Radio - partly-government funded national FM service

• We FM - private

• Hot 97 - private

• Nice FM - private