Positive Vibes takes over where F.M. 2000 left off

If you’ve been following the full page ads in the Belize Times you’d know that a week from today a new radio station will be coming on the air. Dubbed “Positive Vibes,” the outlet will be the electronic mouthpiece of the People’s United Party and will go head to head–especially in the morning talk show slot–with the U.D.P. owned Wave Radio. But while the name may be fresh, Positive Vibes more closely resembles old wine in a new bottle. According to Gerald Garbutt, manager of F.M. Two Thousand, the P.U.P., which had owned fifty percent of the station, has injected some additional cash into the operation, upping its shareholding to seventy percent, leaving Garbutt a minority thirty percent stake. Garbutt remains as G.M. but the major decisions will be made by P.U.P. public relations chief Yasser Musa. Vaughn Gill, formerly of the Government Press Office, will handle the news and political liaison, while it is understood that most of the old F.M. Two Thousand staff will remain in place.