Normal programming at St Vincent and the Grenadines Broadcasting Corp. (SVGBC) were disrupted as a result of a âbomb scareâ yesterday evening.{{more}}
âSVGBC has received a bomb scare. As a result Tonights News will be running late,â SVGTV, the corporationâs television station, said on Facebook page around 6:45 p.m.
âSVG Broadcasting Corporation has received a bomb threat. Therefore SVGTV NEWS will be late tonight and HITZ and Ezee Radio will be automated,â Rochelle Baptiste, acting news editor at SVGBC, said on the social networking website just before 7 p.m.
She later said on Facebook that the news was expected to be broadcast at 8 p.m. â one hour later than usual.
At 7:40 p.m. yesterday, SVGTV was broadcasting a music video, and had the announcement âWe apologise for the late start of the Evening News this is due to technical difficultiesâ.
Searchlight was unsuccessful in its attempt to reach the corporationâs management for a comment. (kentonchance@searchlight.vc)
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