At its inception, the station broadcast for two hours a day, featuring news and musical recordings from the BBC[1] and Nassau sources.

One reason for restructuring was that the previous governments had declared the BCB to be a major strain on the public purse, bringing in little revenue.

However, the government maintained that the separation package was generous, considering the economic climate in the country and that they were greater than required by law.

On 14 December 2011, ZNS-TV announced that it was planning on converting to ATSC digital terrestrial television, with the additional capability of adding a mobile DTV feed.

[3] In 2017, ZNS-TV shut down its on-channel repeater in Freeport, ZNS-TV-1 (also using VHF 13), and substantially reduced power at its remaining transmitter in Nassau.