ISLAND FM RADIO STATION GOES SILENT

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

ISLAND FM 102.9 has announced that it will be closing its doors and taking a “hiatus” after more than two decades in service.

The radio station delivered the news in a statement released to the media. The move takes effect today, February 1.

When contacted for comment yesterday, Eddie

Carter, the station’s programme director, said there were several factors that led to the company deciding to discontinue operations, which he said did not come easy.

“Since the pandemic, we were unable to rebound. The customers that came back, you know unfortunately, and I understand completely from their aspect couldn’t come back at the levels they came back out at prior to the pandemic,” he told The Tribune

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