Tropical Vision Limited, or as it is locally known, Channel 7, is a Belize City

Belize City

Belize City is the largest city in the Central American nation of Belize. Unofficial estimates place the population of Belize City at 70,000 or more. It is located at the mouth of the Belize River on the coast of the Caribbean. The city is the country's principal port and its financial and...

 based television station

Television station

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 operating since 1981.

Its Managing Director is Nestor Vasquez.

Schedule

Weekdays (Monday to Friday)

• 6:00 AM: NBC programming (Monday)/7 News (repeat) (Tues. - Fri.)
• 7:00 AM: KREM Wake Up Belize Morning Vibes
  WUB Morning Vibes
  WUB Morning Vibes is a popular radio / TV show in Belize aired by Krem Television.It is a daily morning call-in talk show covering local issues and current affairs....
  
  
• 9:00 AM: SportsCenter
  SportsCenter
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• 10:00 AM: Cartoons
• 11:00 AM: The Price Is Right
  The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)
  The Price Is Right is an American game show which was created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Contestants compete to identify the pricing of merchandise to win cash and prizes. The show is well-known for its signature line of "Come on down!" when the announcer directs newly selected contestants to...
  
  
• 12:00 NN: 7 News (repeat)
• 1:00 PM: CNN News en Espanol
• 2:00 PM: The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
  
  
• 3:00 PM: Days of Our Lives
  Days of our Lives
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• 4:00 PM: Martha
  Martha (TV series)
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• 5:00 PM: Oprah
  The Oprah Winfrey Show
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• 6:00 PM: E! News
  E! News
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• 6:30 PM: 7 News (live)
• 7:30 PM: NBC Nightly News
  NBC Nightly News
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   (occasionally CBS Evening News
  CBS Evening News
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   if NBC feed is not available)
• Primetime Mon-Fri 8:00 - 10:00 PM
• 10:00 PM: 7 News (repeat)
• 11:00 PM: movies/television programming to signoff, usually 12:30 A.M.

Weekends:
Saturdays:

• 6:00 AM 7 News repeat from Friday
• 7:00 AM Sports Center
• 8:00 AM Cartoons
• 12:00 NN 7 News repeat from Friday
• 1:00 PM Movies/television shows
• 6:30 PM NBC Nightly News
• 7:00 PM Movies until signoff (or HBO/Showtime Boxing)

Sundays:
Various programming

7 News

Prior to 1994, Channel 7 got its news from local radio powerhouse Radio Belize

Radio Belize

The Broadcasting Corporation of Belize, otherwise known as Radio Belize, was a radio station in Belize that shut down in November 1998. Until the 1980s it was Belize's only radio station.- Beginnings :...

. Beginning on February 14, 1994, 7 News began producing its own newscast, running opposite Great Belize Television

Great Belize Television

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...

's News 5 Live.

7 News still airs in the same slot 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

2005 Belize unrest

The 2005 protests in Belize are two separate but related incidents of civil unrest in the Central American nation, occurring in January and April.- January 2005 budget protests :...

.

Criticism

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.

Employees of Channel 7

• Nestor Vasquez (Managing Director)
• Hazel Vasquez (General Manager)
• Jules Vasquez (News Director, occasionally reports)
• Derek Vasquez (Manager, Belmopan Cable Operations)
• Indira Craig (Newscaster)
• Keith Swift (Reporter)
• Luis Munoz (Camera)
• Cody Noralez (Camera)

Trivia

In the late 1990s, poet Leroy "Grandmaster" Young

Leroy Young

Leroy Young, , otherwise known as "The Grandmaster", is a Belizean dub poet.- Biography and arts career :...

got his start on Channel 7 reciting poems at the end of the newscast. Other former employees of Seven include Rodel Beltran Perera, Dennis Peyrefitte, Carla Ayres, Dawn Sampson, Deadra Isaacs (now Haylock), Alfonso and Fortunato Noble and Jim McFadzean.