The good ol’ days of radio

THE EDITOR, Sir:

LET’S TAKE a short walk down memory lane.

Do you remember, in days gone by, RJR used to play some good ‘old hits’ music ever y Thursday evening, when Henry ‘Busha’ Stennett was the moderator of the programme, The Evening People Show, from 5-9pm?

On Saturdays, we used to listen to the children’s programme, The Colgate Toothpaste Cavity Fighter’s Club, with Marie Garth and the late Neville Willoughby. Then at 7:00 pm-7:30 pm, the same day, it was, At the Clinic, with host, Peter Maxwell. We also remember that famous and very interesting story, ‘Dulcimena’, which aired every week nights between 7:15pm anp 7:30pm.

And the long list goes on, with Carlington Sinclair’s late-night programme, and many more.

MEMORIES

I will now turn to Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC). Every Wednesday evening from 7:00pm-10:00pm, on JBC FM stereo, it was Golden Memories – Good Old Time Music. At 12:20pm on JBC Radio 1, it was the late Louise Bennett with, the Time to Remember story. Then at 10:00 PM, it was the late-night programme, Journeys, with Joan Johnson and co-host, Rosie Murray.

There was also another late night programme, Shades of the Morning with host Winston Witter and co-host, Frederine Lewin (maybe I spelt her name wrong).

I believe she died some years ago. Charles Lewin was the super mix man with the 2-6 Super Mix in the afternoon. And the extra-long JBC list continues, too.

Those days were very nice and enjoyable. It’s a pity we can’t bring them back.