Editing Bonaire (section)

===Radio===
[[Trans World Radio]] (TWR) first established its [[AM broadcasting]] site on the island of Bonaire in 1964 to broadcast Christian programs into [[Latin America]] and the Caribbean.<ref>{{cite web | title=TWR Bonaire | website=twrbonaire.com | date=1952-02-11 | url=http://www.twrbonaire.com/about/history.html | access-date=2019-02-04 | archive-date=2019-02-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015946/http://www.twrbonaire.com/about/history.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The programs were broadcast in Spanish, Dutch and English.<ref name="Monde" /> TWR-Bonaire began their operation with three transmitters, including a Brown-Boveri medium wave transmitter (500&nbsp;kW over 800&nbsp;kHz) and two shortwave transmitters (200&nbsp;kW and 50&nbsp;kW); however, their license to operate the 500&nbsp;kW transmitter was revoked in 1999 thereby restricting broadcast to 100&nbsp;kW. The Brown-Boveri medium wave transmitter was sold and removed from the island. It was replaced with another medium wave transmitter (PJB3-AM).<ref name="Monde" /> In 2012, TWR-Bonaire was permitted to increase its power from 100&nbsp;kW to 450&nbsp;kW but in order to do so, they had to raise 38&nbsp;million euros (US$43,456,610.00). In 2016 they commissioned Kintronic Labs to build a four-mast, {{convert|231|m|ft}} parallel-array directional antenna system. On January 31, 2018, they acquired a 450&nbsp;kW Nautel Broadcast medium wave transmitter for US$3.8&nbsp;million, and the name changed from Trans World Radio to Shine 800 AM.<ref name="Monde" />

[[File:Bonaire 1000 steps.jpg|thumb|Bonaire is a popular tourist destination for both [[recreational diving]] and shore snorkelling.]][[Radio Netherlands Worldwide]] operated a shortwave relay station at {{Coord|12|12|48|N|68|19|23|W|type:landmark_region:BQ|name=Radio Netherlands Bonaire Radio Relay Station}}. Because of widespread availability of internet links providing higher audio quality and more flexibility, shortwave broadcasts by RNW-Bonaire were discontinued<ref name="YouTube" /> and at the end of October 2012, the radio station was closed and installations dismantled.

Bonaire has two island radio stations that broadcast general information: Bon FM and Radiodifucion Boneriano. The language spoken for both is Papiamentu.<ref name="ABYZ News Links" />