Minister’s radio show back on air

Dr Frank McField

Friday,  March 18, 2005

After being abruptly interrupted so soon after its launch, ‘Public Record’, the 45-minute radio magazine created by the Ministry of Community Services, Youth, Sports and Gender Affairs returned to the air recently.

The show which aims to inform listeners of the Department’s diverse functions was re-launched by host Dorian Lennon and the Minister, Hon Dr. Frank McField, who discussed Honouring Women’s Month with Women’s Resource Centre Manager Tammy Ebanks-Bishop and counsellor Cindy Blekaitis. 

Dorian Lennon moderates the radio programme, which now airs each Monday at 2:15 pm on Radio Cayman, FM89.9. 

The first show on 2 August 2004, featured members of the National Youth Commission and the Department of Youth. The second show highlighted the 2004 Athens Olympics, and the third episode of Public Record dealt with prison and probation. The final programme of 2004, before Hurricane Ivan interrupted everything, featured the CAYS Foundation and Eagle House.

This past Monday Ms Lennon talked with the Community Development Manager and Financial Manager from National Housing and Community Development Trust, Catherine Tyson and Roger Bodden, respectively. 

“This programme is to get information across to the public,” Ms Lennon said. 

The host said the Ministry would be dedicating two shows to Children and Family Services because that agency “has many sections from which the public has to access services, so two shows are required to relay the necessary information.” 

Other agencies to be discussed on the show will be the Department of Youth and Sports and the Women’s Resource Centre. 

The primary audience is adult listeners, Ms Lennon reported. 

Dr. Frank McField, the Minister responsible for Community Services, Youth, Sports and Gender Affairs, said he wanted the public to understand how the agencies worked. 

“I want to better inform the public about the range of programmes being offered by the Ministry and its departments and how to access and use these services. I think people are receiving the show well, from the comments I have received,” he added.

Dorian Lennon, who has master’s degrees in both social work and business administration specialising in health-care management, and is also a registered nurse, never hosted a radio show before 2 August. “Anything that involves talking I enjoy. I work with most of the agencies in this Ministry so I understand how most of them function. I believe the aim of the programme is to assist people who need help to go to the right agency on their first stop,” she said.

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