rediffusion

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• Commercial radio began in Jamaica when the Jamaican Broadcasting Company Ltd., an affiliate of Rediffusion International, obtained a ten-year commercial broadcasting license on November 12, 1947.

  Academic text (1992)

• In order to avoid confusion in call letters, the commercial Jamaica Broadcasting Company Ltd. changed its name to Radio Jamaica Rediffusion (RJR).

  Academic text (1992)

• In 1971, Radio Jamaica Rediffusion Ltd. sponsored and broadcast the serial "A Time to Remember" (1971-1975).

  Academic text (1992)

• Rediffusion International began with Grace Gibson's "Second Spring" in about 1949 and continued with "Portia Faces Life," "Aunt Mary," and "Dr. Paul." By the time these serials ended in the early 1970s, we had developed a tremendous appetite in the region for this type of program.

  Academic text (1992)

• "Dulcimina" was broadcast for four years on Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (1967-1971) before political pressures and unsatisfactory financial arrangements led to the transfer from Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation to Radio Jamaica Rediffusion (RJR).

  Academic text (1992)

• The intense competition between the British-owned Rediffusion International and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) for the Jamaican franchise is chronicled in Erwin Thomas's study on the introduction of radio broadcasting in the Caribbean.

  Academic text (1992)

• In many public venues, rediffusion is used to ensure that everyone can enjoy live broadcasts of events.

• During the meeting, we discussed the benefits of implementing a rediffusion network to reach a larger audience.

Synonyms

C

cable television

vsrediffusion

22 1.8

Television channels sent to homes through wires

is wider, distributing radio and television over wired networks to homes and public venues

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