St Vincent and the Grenadines profile - Media

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Image caption The constitution guarantees press freedom

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.

There were 77,000 internet users by December 2018 (InternetWorldStats.com).

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.

The 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