Radio Anguilla was born out of political expediency. For years prior to the 1967 revolution, those Anguillians who possessed receiving radios listened to far away broadcasting stations like the BBC and the Voice of America, and nearby stations like WIVI in St. Thomas and WVV in Vieques. By about 1962, St. Kitts, to which Anguilla was then constitutionally and politically linked acquired ZIZ but it was essentially a broadcasting service for that island and its people.

The political upheaval in 1967 found Anguilla without its own radio communications. This inability to communicate by radio with the people of the island was to say the least an awkward situation in a time of revolution. At times announcements had to be broadcast in St. Thomas in the hope that Anguillians back home would hear the information. Public meetings had to be the order of the day. The coming of the then one-sheet weekly Beacon Newspaper was like a godsend to many as it kept them informed about general matters

The British invasion of Anguilla in March 1969 was to add a new dimension to communications. On April 3rd, 1969, Anguillians were surprised to pick up the transmission of a nearby radio station and were alarmed when the station identification was made – “This is Radio Anguilla ….” The broadc...full history