JBC, Jamaican TV 1984 

When life was simpler and JBC was the lone TV station. I miss 1980s Jamaica... naw lie.

I'm only 23 years old. I've never seen these commercials but something about what I've heard older people described Jamaica back then fascinates me .

I'm crying watching this video so much memory .

I came here looking for the late Doreen Samuels AJAX bleach commercial, but found these instead, and her voice on the sheltox ad... May her soul rest in peace 🙏😔

I remember being allowed to watch TV through my neighbors window with my friends as a child(Lucan and many more shows).We would fight for the best position at the window😊.

Smiling from ear to ear watching these commercials

I remember going to Skateland by halfway tree back in the day. Jamaica was so sweet back them times.

i miss these days,life was simple then and my mom and dad was togather.i use to run around the house in my briefs and my toy plane,i felt secure then.we had a ford cartina..thanks for this upload,it reminds me of the man i must be for my kids..

I feel sooo sad, i remember those day *sigh*

Tony Pattel reading news Wow, what a blast from the past

These are the days when JBC sign off after international news highlights about 10 p m. A generation has almost passed since then. Beautiful old days tho.

Dear Jamaica... 😭❤ Can we please go back to this?

Feel really sad remember these I feel to cry

I remember visiting Jamaica during the summers and watching the one and only channel on the whole island. We had a small black and white TV in my grandmother's house. I was 7 yrs old in 84 and though I don't remember all of those ads, some look familiar. What I remember most was at night when the station signed off with the JA flag on screen and the national anthem. As soon as you hear that music, you knew that was it for the day for TV. I would be so disappointed. In the US, there were multiple channels and they were 24 hrs, plus we added cable to our TV, so that meant more channels. Certainly wasn't use to one channel and a sign off. Of course, times have changed, and JA surely have a number of channels and cable. That's great. I love the memories of those times in JA and I appreciate it today. Thanks so much for posting and allowing many of us to relieve those memories.

I grew up with all of these commercials and programs. Take me wayyyy back.

Love this. Memories and pride in the quality standards portrayed

I grew up in California in the 70s and 80s so even though the products in the commercials were different the commercials themselves brought back memories especially the toothpaste commercials when they used to dip chalk in blue dye. lol

Qh wow. This brings back nice childhood memories. I am a 1971 baby :)

Sudsil, Quench Aid and Shelltox. The commercials were something back then

who remember D G cool cat

Wow. This is cool, a nice look into life in my country before my birth. Thanks for posting it.

I enjoyed it brings back memories..use to see them on my neighbors television as I didn't grew up without electrity in my home ..It's the Home Sweet Home lampshade and my great grandmother 6 batteries transistor AM radio. Anybody here shared my experience?

1984 was a good year for me. Thanks for bringing back the memories. Look how far we've come. By the way, I wonder what the life guard would say now that so many women are using 'cake soap'.

Omggg!! I finally see this on color tv. I used to watch this on my granny 24" Phillips black and white TV. Man I used to dream about color t.

Remember when we use to sing "Horlick kill pickney" lol

thanks for the look back..

I SO MISS SUDSIL MY MADDA USE TO USE THAT SOAP OFTEN

So many fond memories, I even remember when we lost Island Life in the financial meltdown of the 90's. Simpler times

Man I turned 13 again for the past 9 mins lol much love on posting this. Be Safe;-)

86 my madda push mi out so mi kinda get some of it a was lookn for what Jamaica needs now theme song

A memorable moment in time...❤🇯🇲

Our one tv station JBC WOW THESE DAYS

a blast from the past, i was 12 that year. good to see again

OMG Yo this brings back sooooooo much memories, thanks for loading this!!

Thanks for posting. Brings back so many memories of the beautiful Island.

I was 8-yrs-old attending St. Cecelia Prep School at the time. Great memories of my parents together, before their divorce and me my mom and my sister immigrating to the US 4 years later. Bye bye JA., great childhood memories!!!✈️✈️✈️

Dorraine Samuel's announced the insects spray

Wow!! I remember all of those commercials......its as if it was yesterday.

ONE WORD ...NOSTALGIA.. GREAT VID

Memories that's good those days in Kingston good memories

I was born in 1984

back when tv used to sign off

Oh my faada I feel like I’m 12 or 13 this is great, I can remember even the adverts.

Who still watching 😂 4/19

Thanks for uploading this. Never seem Jamaican TV (JBC) before although I did hear a JBC Radio One jingle on BBC Radio Derby's Black Roots programme in the 1980s

Good old days of TV ,to see those ads back then comparing them to now we have come along way really enjoyed watching thanks.!

I really miss them days my mom and dad was young me and my siblings and i would run around our life’s was so simple noting to worry about but just our home work and cleaned up after,no sadness on the news just peace 😢 now I felt sorry for the Generations of Today ...I’ll trade😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 that life time now only if I know how to smh

Dorraine Samuels’ voice bring me such comfort 😊

My birth year. Tv was TV in the 80s

memory love d Commercial thk

Thanks for sharing

I remember the Sutton Commercial from when I was little. This brings back so many memories, thanks so much up loader.

I remember this 😂😂❤🇯🇲

They had this same red stripe contest back in the early nineties.

Memories! Wow.

SHELTOX SPRAY YUTE..I REMEMBER DAT COMMERCIAL

I REMEMBER THESE DAYS!!!

This is priceless

Warehouse is where I bought my first stove

oh My I love this!

notice all the business places located in kingston? bwoy jamaica back then was so under developed, we still have a long way to go.

Sudsil was a very good soap :)

Saw somebody like Milk in the Colgate ad.

@jammigal59 thank God he captured these very rare footage .... i am delighted.

Nostalgic Wow

memories memories

"It's harder to kill a roach than a fly", or whatever she said. I love me country, Jamaica.

Those were the days

Wonderful upload…. Memories. Omg 😔

omg we cah mek kartel see da soap ya!

Four years later here comes hurricane Gilbert

Memory lane trust me and when 12 midnight tv sign and sign on 6.30 in the morning .black n white no coloured screen way before social media and internet...

@univalveman what a beautiful complexion!

Found a gem

Awesome!

This is so cool, wish there more videos like this :)

Came here for the Sutton commercial after watching Julie Mango on Instagram

My parents were 2 years old lol.Unlike now , everything then w had british influence ....today American.

Wow Jamaica look at we now

The commercials played a huge hand In colorism. They said “a complexion men like to look @ “, omg

I was searching for the promo for jbc fm stereo in 1984 with FREE I to the song that BARBARA STREISAND sang, would appreciate an upload from the JBC archives. Would love to hear it again, thanks!

omg!

Yes...islands life...they were the early sponsors of shells shields cricket...one of the ...early...ones

Classics!!! I love the soap commercial with lifeguard oogling the ladies with his binoculars.. If you can find a red label wine commercial from that era it would be great to post........

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dr. Suds and Quenchy to raw!

All these are long before I was born,I think that girl in the Colgate is milk.

The little kid in the Colgate commercial, looks like my son, “ it taste good too!” Lol

Look at my grandfather.. island life😅

Nice!

The Castile Commercial 😩😂😂😂

Lol mi see Young Milk her face can't hide

watch de "Lada" in the Red Stripe commercial.

People used to love watch news at that time

what a beautiful complexion and look how people a bleach now

Ah where are these pretty ladies are now love this station JBC tv best jahmebz say that anythyme

did he say the Jamal JBC Quiz?

Would love to see Dennis Hall read the news . Anyone know where I can find a video of this?

Anyone have and Where It's At Footage (Jamaica's Soul Train TV Show) lol. It's a pity Government allowed these archives to be pillaged sabotaged and lost after TVJ took over JBC.

oh yes jenny wren that's exactly what my child thought lol... I wanted to find it to so that we could have a proper laugh!