One of the oldestradio services in the Eastern Caribbean, RCI was established in 1961 and was one of the country's two stations during its early years. It was a former division of French-based and a part of Radio Caraïbes International in Martinique/Guadeloupe. By November 1998, SOFIRAD proposed to sell the station to its staff; in February 1999, ownership was transferred to its longest-serving personnel, Peter Effraime and Pet Gibson. Eventually, eleven other employees filed a lawsuit against Effraime and Gibson for "breach of trust and misrepresentation". RCI was faced with closure and a possible sale in June 2004, but has remained on air as of 2022.
Programming
Aside from programs in English, RCI also broadcast French-language content from its launch until 1995. Creole-language programming was introduced in 1974 with the one-hour evening show Radio-a Sa-Sé Nou.