I’ve been described as many things, all good, to my face at least, lol…This introduction by Karen Rollins of Yello really had me thinking. The whole interview made me reflect. I hope you enjoy it.

My St Lucia: Media Personality Delia Dolor

“Delia Dolor is a familiar face and voice to many St Lucians. She’s been influential on the island’s media scene for decades as a well-respected interviewer and host on TV and radio, and is also the founder of the St Lucia Media Association and co-ordinator for the country’s Nobel Laureate Festival Committee.

Splitting her time between St Lucia, America and the UK, where she was born, Delia is currently the executive producer and host of TV show ‘The Dolor Factor’, editor-at-large for CaribDirect.com and African-American magazine ‘UPTOWN’ and has her own programme on Colourful Radio in London.

Delia spoke to Yello about her life and media career, her plans for the future and what she loves about St Lucia.

When did you first become interested in working in the media?

At secondary school in St Lucia I used to write poems and that was the first time I started to express myself in a creative way. Then when I was in the UK I’d often watch TV and say, ‘I could do that’ or I’d see an interview and think of a question and then I’d wonder why the interviewer didn’t ask that particular question. At that time, there also weren’t many black faces on TV in the UK but my cousin, Brenda Emmanus, broke into the industry and that was encouraging.

My career really started after I read an article in Pride magazine written by a man on a sexual topic, and I wanted to give the female point-of-view, so I contacted the editor and read her the first paragraph of what I’d written. She loved it and the story was published and picked up and I appeared as a guest on a few TV programmes. After that a radio producer got in touch and I was asked to appear on a show and that’s how I got started in radio in the UK.”

Note: I began my radio career at Radio St Lucia at age 11. Print at STAR newspaper, St Lucia and TV at the BBC in London.

Read the full interview here: https://www.facebook.com/yellosl/posts/1749131405118431