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Great Belize Television, or as it is locally known, Channel 5, is a Belize City based local television station established in December of 1991. Channel 5 airs mostly American and Caribbean programs, as well as a variety of locally produced programs. It is a subsidiary of Great Belize Productions, a local production company established in 1982. Channel 5 is affiliated with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union and its subsidiary the Caribbean Media Corporation. Channel 5 has produced such popular programs as "Lauren Da Mawnin", "The Andy Palacio Show" and most recently Karaoke Television. Channel 5's general manager following its parent company's sale to Belize Telemedia is Amalia Mai. She succeeds Stewart Krohn, a veteran journalist.
[edit] HistoryGreat Belize Productions, the parent company of Channel 5, received its broadcast license from the Government of Belize in 1991[1] and began broadcasting on December 9 of that year[2]. Beginning in 1992, Channel 5 advertised a weekly schedule of programming in the Amandala (later shifted to The Belize Times before being discontinued after 2003). In January 1998, Channel 5 launched its website channel5belize.com, which featured text transcripts for News 5 and video streaming of the newscast. Channel 5, as the Belize representative of the CBU, has won numerous journalism awards at home and abroad. [edit] News 5Main article: News 5 (Belize) Channel 5's News Department produces News 5 Live for broadcast every night from Monday to Friday at 6:30 PM, repeating later that night at 10:00 PM and at 6:30 AM the following morning (there are no weekend newscasts). The program has been the flagship of Channel Five since it premiered on December 5, 1991 (The station itself proclaimed it the longest running program onair, followed by San Ignacio Channel 3's "The Kent Pandy Show"[3]. The program runs for 30 minutes minus commercials (during election season it may be slightly longer). The show usually closes with the line "And that's the news!", followed by a plug for the station's website. [edit] Daily ScheduleMondays-Fridays (all times Central, as of November 17, 2008:)
Sundays: Same; mix of children's programming, movies, etc. [edit] Evening ScheduleAll times are Central. Mondays-Fridays:
Saturdays:
Sundays:
Notes: [edit] Local Programs broadcast by Channel 5: Past and Present
Note: Channel 5 sells tapes of the last five programs at its office on Regent Street; one such sale is ongoing. [edit] References
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