Saint John's

Chanda handed over the 150-unit Pelican Court Complex to Antigua and Barbuda.

Built with an EC $50 million Chinese grant, the project replaces a housing complex in St. John's City West.

Brown called the development China's most socially significant contribution to Antigua and Barbuda, citing its intended impact on families that were living in decaying dwellings.

The prime minister said the Chinese aid has expanded the country's economic and social infrastructure.

Just today by my- [laughs] That come out wrong.

The wife and the sister-in-law, they're go- they're gonna go attack the market in St. John's Bay of Fundy.

And tonight we have dinner in the Allegro Dining Room again with the group.

Looking forward to that.

Formerly part of the UK's Leawood Islands colony, Antigua and Barbuda gained internal autonomy in 1967 and then became fully independent from the UK in 1981.

The total population is only about 106,000 and the capital is St John's on the northwest coast of Antigua.

The first radio station of sorts in Antigua was an American Forces Radio Service AFRS amplifier station which was set up during World War II.

The United States operated two naval bases on the north coast from which they could provide protection for the Panama Canal and the station's purpose was to serve the military personnel on those bases.

If you've seen the 1970s TV series M.A.S.H., which was set during the Korean War and depicted the same type of programming with local announcements coming through a loudspeaker on top of a tall pole, you'll have a good mental picture of what the setup was like in Antigua.

The second station was opened by the government-owned Antigua Broadcasting Service, or ABS.

This station began life as a small privately owned 40-watt shortwave station run by aviation pioneer Sir Frank de Lisle in the early 1950s, operating on 3255 kHz in the 90-metre tropical band with a simple centre-fed doublet antenna at his home in St John's.

But the Antigua Broadcasting Service was officially organised in February 1956, taking over Sir Frank's shortwave programming and equipment the following year, in 1957.