Radio Jamaica Celebrating 70 Years

Sunday July 4, 2021 Page 71 W Palav: Jamaican, (verb) to spread out, draw long bench, hang out and enjoy good company. Rice and peas, escoveitched fish or brown-stewed chicken is a Jamaican Sunday afternoon staple. So, too, is the habit of dropping in on friends and family at just about that time when “Sunday lunch” is about to be served. Sunday Palav continues the tradition with a rich mix of music, Jamaican proverbs, labrish, and important ‘smaddies’. The host, Gerry McDaniel, is rambunctious and sometimes slightly irreverent but always has good company as his invited guests are pulled from the virtual Jamaican who’s who almanac. Palav is one of the most engaging shows in lifestyle programming on radio – a mix of discussion and music, handpicked by its guests and hosted by Gerry McDaniel, aka Gerry McD, Gerry Mac, or plain G-Mac. Sunday Palav is engaging, must-listen radio – time well spent, from 1:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Sundays 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The doctor is in the house every Sunday 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. No appointment needed to chat with retired senior medical officer Dr Winston Dawes, who prescribes a holistic response to the myriad of ailments and conditions that afflict listeners. The show offers preventative pointers and proactive tips to maintain a healthy, productive lifestyle tips include dieting, nutrition, sports medicine, stress relief, disease prevention and control, as well as other complaints in a simple and entertaining manner that is easily understood. Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Sundays 5:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. Sunday Contact is the most successful radio programme of its kind, assisting friends and families to not only communicate over long distances, but to reacquaint in a tangible way via phone, fax, regular mail, and e-mail for more than 37 years. Ralston McKenzie’s affable character and award-winning suave vocal tones make him the perfectly approachable host who bridges the distance between long-lost loved ones. This programme accounts for our biggest mail bag. The progamme is interspersed with music for heightened entertainment. This is why we are ‘Active for the good of our nation’, bringing people together. From 10:15 p.m. to midnight, the soothing voice of Rodger Hutchinson takes us on a journey with the best country-and-western music. Sundays 10:00 p.m. - 12:00 midnight S UNDAYS NCE A DAY MAKES