A cocktail party at Rincon Aleman celebrated the event the following Tuesday.
Panama has not had English language radio since SCN (Southern Command News) went off the air with the departure of U.S. forces at the end of 1999.
The magazine - type programme, includes segments on such themes as health, motoring, sport and local news headlines, interspersed with "middle of the road" pop and some light-hearted banter in the British tones of host "Gerry D" (In real life, Mr. Gerry Dowden).
The program will be aired every Sunday at 7:00p.m. and available any time on www.on-the-radio.com shortly. A daily program is planned leading up to continuous broadcasting within a year.
The venture is the responsibility of a company, Panama Broadcasting Corpora-tion, S.A., formed by a group of British expatriates. Can we expect the PBC to emulate the BBC? Stay tuned!
For more information contact Richard Vizor, rmvizar@yahoo.co.uk
