APPENDIX
Table 1
Favorite programs by gender (Male and Female) – primetime weekends
(Adapted from Pelam Services 1990 Marpin TV Market Study. 284 households were interviewed. 33% of the population regularly viewed Marpin Television. Note that the favorite programs are foreign in content and origin.)
| Top 10 most viewed programs overall – rank | Overall most favored program | Most favorite program for Males | Most favorite program for Females |
| 1 | Young and Restless | Cosby Show | Young and Restless |
| 2 | Cosby Show | CNN
Evening News |
Cosby Show |
| 3 | News Focus* | Young and Restless | As the world turns |
| 4 | CNN
Evening News |
WWWF
Prime Time |
News Focus* |
| 5 | As The World Turns | What About* | Jeffersons |
| 6 | WWF
Wrestling |
Jeffersons | CNN
evening News |
| 7 | Jeffersons | Mc Gyver | Kids Incorporated |
| 8 | What About* | Headline news | What About* |
| 9 | Mc Gyver | Prime News | Happenings* |
| 10 | L.A. Law | CBS
News |
L.A. Law |
*Local programs. What About and Happenings: are news programs produced by Marpin TV and GIS respectively, were the most watched local weekly shows.
Table 2
Caribbean Broadcasting Union program sharing by country, station and ownership (1988-1999).
| Country | Station | Ownership (program sources) |
| Antigua | ABS-TV
CTV* |
Government
Private |
| Bahamas | ZNS-TV | Government |
| Barbados | CBC-TV | Government |
| STV* | Government | |
| Belize | Government | |
| Bermuda | BBC-TV | Government |
| British Virgin Islands | Government | |
| Cayenne | Government | |
| Cuba | Government | |
| Dominica | Marpin TV* | Private |
| Grenada | GBS-TV | Government |
| Guadeloupe | KTV-5 | Private |
| Guyana | GBC-TV | Government |
| Jamaica | CVM-TV | Private |
| Martinique | Private | |
| Montserrat | A-TV* | Private |
| Netherlands Antilles | Tele Aruba
Tele Curacao |
Government
Government |
| Puerto Rico | Private | |
| St. Kitts | ZIZ-TV | Government |
| St. Lucia | HTS* | Private |
| St. Thomas/St. John | Private | |
| St. Vincent | SVG* | Private |
| Suriname | STVS | Government |
| Trinidad | TTT 1, 2
CCN* |
Government
Private |
| Turks & Caicos | Government |
*Stations with full cable service
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