Great Belize Television

infobox_ broadcast
call_letters =Channel 5 (Great Belize Television)
station_
station_slogan =It's Hot... It's Live... It's Only on Five!
location = Belize City, Belize
station_branding = "Channel 5"
analog = 5 (VHF; main) 2, 13 ( [http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=476 secondary] )
affiliations = none
owner = Great Belize Productions
founded = December 1991

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.

History

Great Belize Productions, the parent company of Channel 5, received its broadcast license from the Government of Belize in 1991 [http://www.channel5belize.com/about.php About Channel 5] and began broadcasting on December 9 of that year [ [http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=1225 Channel5Belize.COM ] ] . 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.

News 5

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" [http://www.channel5belize.com/archive_detail_story.php?story_id=10666 Channel 5 pays tribute to Twin Towns colleague] . 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.

Daily Schedule

Mondays-Fridays (all times Central:)
* 6:00 AM Morning signon
* 6:05 AM Cartoons/children's shows
* 6:30 AM News 5 Live (Tuesdays-Saturdays only)
* 7:00 AM CNN Headline News
* 9:00 AM Crime dramas (Without A Trace, Numb3rs, Close To Home, Burn Notice, Criminal Minds)/CW comedies (Everybody Hates Chris, All of Us, The Game, Girlfriends)
* 10:00 AM "Univision" Spanish telenovela
* 11:00 AM Wheel of Fortune
* 11:30 AM Jeopardy!
* 12:00 PM CNN Headline News
* 1:00 PM The Young and the Restless (CBS soap)
* 2:00 PM As the World Turns (CBS soap)
* 3:00 PM CBS/NBC drama/Food Network
* 4:00 PM Reading Rainbow (PBS)
* 4:30 PM The Jeff Corwin Experience (Animal Planet)

Saturdays: Same as weekdays except kids' programming carries on until 12:00 PM; 1:00 PM Varied programming and movies until 4:30 PM

Sundays: Same; mix of children's programming, movies, etc.

Evening Schedule

All times are Central.

Mondays-Fridays:
* 5:30 PM: Dr. Phil
* 6:30 PM: News 5 Live
* 7:00 PM: Caribbean Newsline
* 7:30 PM: ABC World News with Charles Gibson
* 8:00 PM: Oprah
* 9:00 PM: CBS crime dramas (, Cold Case, Criminal Minds, , , Survivor when on the air)
* 10:00 PM News 5 Live Repeat
* 10:30 PM Noticiero Univision
* 11:00 PM Late Night Movie/television program (signoff immediately thereafter)Saturdays:
* 5:00 PM National Geographic Explorer/other National Geographic programming
* 7:00 PM ABC World News
* 7:30 PM CW comedies (interchangeable)
* 8:00 PM Movies until signoffSundays:
* 5:30 PM: CW comedies (interchangeable)
* 6:00 PM: 60 Minutes (CBS)
* 7:00 PM: CW comedies (interchangeable)
* 7:30 PM: ABC World News
* 8:00 PM: Sunday Night Movie
* 10:00 PM: Sabado Gigante (Univision)

Local Programs broadcast by Channel 5: Past and Present

* The Andy Palacio Show (Palacio also wrote the theme for News 5 Live; discussed local music)
* Lauren Da Mawnin (short-lived morning program featuring comic Lauren Burgess; spawned primetime Sunday program spinoff Lauren Da Nite)
* One on One (featured Stuart Leslie and Dickie Bradley; talk)
* Karaoke Television
* Noh Matta Wat! (produced by 13 Productions; co-broadcast with Channel 7 and Krem TV)
* Gimme 5! (special promotion, held every year for one week)
* Hurricane Iris: After the Storm (compilation of news stories on the hurricane; VHS)
* The Land of Belize (host Therese Rath, discusses Belize's geography; VHS)
* The Sea of Belize (host Tom Greenwood, discusses Belize's marine ecosystems and resources; VHS)
* Belize: The Maya Heritage (host Froyla Salam, discusses the first settlers of Belize; VHS)
* From Invasion to Nation: A History of Belize (based on Assad Shoman's 13 Chapters of a History of Belize; VHS)

Note: Channel 5 sells tapes of the last five programs at its office on Regent Street; one such sale is ongoing.

References

External links

* [http://www.channel5belize.com Official Site]