, 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 is
Stewart Krohn , a veteran
Journalist .
(later shifted to
The Belize Times before being discontinued after 2003). In January of 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.
See Also: News 5
Channel 5's News Department produces 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 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.
Mondays-Fridays (all times
Central :)
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.
All times are
Central .
Sundays:
- 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 (currently replaced by KTV's sixth season (see below) and Cold Case )
- 10:00 PM: Sabado Gigante (Univision)
Mondays-Fridays:
- 5:30 PM: Passions (NBC) (goes off the air in 2007)
- 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 (, Survivor when on the air)
- 10:00 PM News 5 Live Repeat
- 10:30 PM Noticiero Univision
- --- Note: the 9:00 pm Tuesday slot currently features Karaoke Television 's sixth season.
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 signoff
- 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.
