Tropical Vision Limited

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Channel 7 (Tropical Vision Limited)

Belize City, Belize
Branding	"Channel 7"
Slogan	News Comes First The Nation's Station
Channels	7 (VHF) analog
Affiliations	none
Owner	Tropical Vision Limited
Founded	August 1985

Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City based television station operating since August of 1985.

Its general manager is Jules Vasquez.

1 Programming
2 7 News
3 Criticism
4 Employees of Channel 7
5 Trivia
6 External link

[edit] Programming

Channel 7 airs mostly American programming and only an occasional Belizean program. Channel 7 has been the local rightsholders to NBA Sunday programming, the NFL's Super Bowl, the Tour De France and most recently, the FIFA World Cup.

[edit] 7 News

Prior to 1994, Channel 7 got its news from local radio powerhouse Radio Belize. Beginning on February 14, 1994, 7 News began producing its own newscast, running opposite Great Belize Television's News 5 Live. According to manager Vasquez, the first story run by 7 News featured Belizean artist and sculptor George Gabb, who died on March 1, 2007.

7 News still airs in the same slots as News 5 Live, except that an extra repeat newscast airs at 12:00 PM from Monday to Saturday. There are no regular weekend newscasts other than Friday repeats; 7 News has aired two one-time only Saturday evening newscasts, the latest coming in April 2005 in the midst of the protests in Belize.

[edit] Criticism

Detractors of Channel 7 focus mainly on the news department, which they say is pursuing its own radical agenda. Channel 7 is usually more critical of Government foibles than rival Channel 5, and Government officials have pointedly criticized 7 for its hard-hitting analysis of national issues.

[edit] Employees of Channel 7

Jules Vasquez (General Manager)
Indira Craig (Newscaster)
Keith Swift, Alfonso Noble (Reporters)
Fortunato Noble (Cameraman)
Dennis Peyrefitte (Videographer, Technician, Director)
Neil Hall (part-time newscaster)

[edit] Trivia

In the late 1990's, poet Leroy "Grandmaster" Young got his start on Channel 7 reciting poems at the end of the newscast. Other former employees of Seven include Rodel Beltran Perera, Carla Ayres, Dawn Sampson, Deadra Isaacs (now Haylock) and Jim McFadzean.