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74:, better known to Belizeans as "Sefe", entered the radio business in the 1960s and completely revolutionized radio in Belize. He was very popular and funny and was Belize's foremost comedian. Coleman was a mainstay of Radio Belize through the 1980s until his death in 1994. Son Gerard Coleman has followed him into the radio business at
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As it entered its last decade the BCB seemed anachronistic compared to other local stations. While still owning some of the best equipment in
Belizean radio at that time, it could not handle the introduction of competitive and new formats of radio. All that remained was to shut it down, and after one
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Radio Belize entertained
Belizeans with a variety of music. In that era television broadcasting was unavailable in Belize, so the population was dependent on the only radio station in the country for entertainment and news. Popular programs from the BBC stable included "Portia Faces Life", and Doctor
111:, established in 1989. The government first tried privatizing the BCB and then extending its brand to include an all-music station named Friends FM, but with the proliferation of radio stations in Belize and an increase in technology, the BCB was rapidly becoming obsolete. General Manager
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in 1984, Radio Belize began to experiment with being more of a culture-oriented station rather than simply playing music. Now known as Belize Radio One, it mixed contemporary music with chatter from local radio personalities: Debbie
Tillett, Mike Nicholson, Rudy Aguilar,
63:, with which it signed on in the 1930s. At this stage it played mainly music from abroad. With the rise of the nationalist movement efforts were made to bring the BHBS closer to Belizean identity and it assumed the name Radio Belize.
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resigned in 1992 after helming the BCB for two years and working there for 23.
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last act of service—informing the nation of the progress of 1998's
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Article originally written by Don Moore in the
January 1989
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Broadcasting
Service, modeled on the home country's
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The Belize Radio One experiment and brand extension
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952:Radio Belize 830 AM/3.285 SW/88.3, 88.9, 91.1 FM
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185:Belize City, Belize District: 91.3
21:Broadcasting Corporation of Belize
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1011:List of radio stations in Belize
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53:British Broadcasting Corporation
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72:Edison Denburg Clifford Coleman
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196:Reference and external links
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119:Limping to the finish line
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509:Benque Viejo del Carmen
1037:Defunct radio stations
767:Toledo Christian Radio
1052:People's United Party
130:Central Standard Time
84:People's United Party
47:The BCB began as the
23:, otherwise known as
1047:Government of Belize
206:with a 1996 addendum
67:The Sefe Coleman era
113:Rene Villanueva Sr.
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532:Independence
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144:and now for
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655:By branding
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372:Orange Walk
271:Belize City
152:Frequencies
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782:Wave 105.9
732:Rainbow FM
682:Reef Radio
177:Friends FM
138:KREM Radio
109:KREM Radio
43:Beginnings
980:Guatemala
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634:San Pedro
481:Ladyville
262:frequency
170:shortwave
1007:See also
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896:Ritmo FM
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752:Ritmo FM
747:The Beat
692:Faith FM
453:Dangriga
324:Belmopan
57:Amandala
940:Defunct
757:More FM
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722:Love FM
420:Corozal
142:FM 2000
134:LOVE FM
76:LOVE FM
55:(BBC).
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921:VPV-FM
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846:VPH-FM
841:VPG-FM
836:VPF-FM
831:VPE-FM
826:VPD-FM
821:VPC-FM
806:VPA-FM
253:Belize
37:Belize
33:VPM-FM
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