11/08/2023
Do you have gently used school uniforms that you would like to donate to a child in need? Please see info below to donate. Deadline August 23rd!
“Strength for the Journey” is a fresh take on what is happening in our community today. Provocative, soul searching, revealing, challenging and redeeming.
11/08/2023
Do you have gently used school uniforms that you would like to donate to a child in need? Please see info below to donate. Deadline August 23rd!
TICKETS FOR STRENGTH FOR THE JOURNEY MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION SOLD OUT!!
16/05/2022
It was truly a blessing to fellowship and spend time with the SFTJ Ministry team today💕🙏🏾💕💃 May God continue to bless each of you abundantly🙏🏾💕💃
08/05/2022
Happy Mothers Day in heaven Mommy💕💕💕I love and miss you so very very much🙏🏾💕💕Today I will honour and pay tribute to you at our Celebration of Mothers event🙏🏾💕Today we will present the first Sylvia Spence “Against All Odds” award to a Mother who has over come extremely difficult life circumstances.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💕💕In spite of all the many difficult circumstances you had to endure you never once complained or gave up!
You worked hard and sacrificed so much, for all 13 of your children and for this we are so very grateful!!.💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💕💕💕 You were the strongest person I ever knew!! You loved us and raised us to be respectful, kind and caring to others. 💕💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾Today we will celebrate Mothers, but most important I will honor and celebrate you!!💃💃💃💃💕🙏🏾💕💃💃💃💃. I thank God for choosing you to be my Mother…. Until we meet again on that great getting up morning…..love Gina💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
07/05/2022
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN RADIO BROADCASTING!
SHIRLEY DILL IS THE EPITOME OF THE PHRASE, ‘A LIVING LEGEND’ – SOMEONE WHO IS FAMOUS FOR BEING EXTREMELY GOOD AT SOMETHING, AND WHO STILL DOES THAT ACTIVITY. ANOTHER DEFINITION SAYS IT’S A PERSON WHO HAS AN EXTRAORDINARY REPUTATION OR LEVEL OF FAME WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIVE…
MRS. DILL’S HUSBAND, MR. CHARLES MILTON DILL, BETTER AND PREFERABLY KNOWN AS MR. “HANKS” DILL. BOTH ARE THE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN AND AT LEAST 10 GRANDS AND TWELVE GREAT-GRANDS!
MOST OF US WILL REMEMBER THE MELODIOUS VOICE OF SHIRLEY DILL WHILE GROWING UP – EITHER ON ZBM-ONE (AS IT WAS THEN KNOWN), ZBM-TWO (NOW FM 89), VSB, AND MOST RECENTLY, BACK TO OCEAN 89 ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. SHE IS INDEED A LIVING LEGEND.
MRS. DILL SIGNED UP FOR A BROADCAST AUDITION AT THE BERMUDA BROADCASTING COMPANY IN THE LATE SIXTIES, WHICH, AT THE TIME, WAS HOPING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR ANOTHER VETERAN BROADCASTER WHO WAS MOVING TO NEW YORK - MS. NELL BASSETT. MRS. DILL WAS SUCCESSFUL AT THAT AUDITION, AND FROM THEN UNTIL NOW, HAS NEVER LOOKED BACK!
AND, IN HER 50+ PROFESSIONAL CAREER, SHE HAS MANAGED TO CARVE QUITE A FEW NOTCHES IN HER BELT ALONG THE WAY:
• SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO READ THE NEWS
• SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO CO-ANCHOR A NEWSCAST AT BERMUDA BROADCASTING, AND
• SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO INTERVIEW A MAJOR GOVERNMENT FIGURE (SIR JOHN SWAN AS PREMIER) IN A TALK SHOW FORMAT.
MRS. SHIRLEY DILL HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF GENERATIONS OF PERSONS GROWING UP WITH A RADIO IN THEIR HOMES, LISTENING TO HER RADIO SHOWS, AND IN TURN, INTRODUCING HER TO THEIR CHILDREN.
SHE IS INDEED A LIVING LEGEND.
MRS. DILL HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF THE ROLE MODEL AWARD IN PUBLIC SERVICE; A BARBADOS INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY AWARD FOR PROMOTING WEST INDIAN CULTURE; A BERMUDA BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CLUB AWARD; AN EASTERN LIONESS CLUB AWARD; AND A BERMUDA CABLEVISION LEADING LADIES AWARD.
WE CELEBRATE AND SALUTE OUR LIVING LEGEND SHIRLEY DILL AND THE OCEAN 89 TEAM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.
06/05/2022
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN RADIO BROADCASTING🎤💐🎤
SHELLEY LYNN JOHNSON ALSO KNOWN AS ‘SHELLEY J' AND 'SHELLEY THUNDER" IS THE LIFE LONG PARTNER TO ALBERT PHILLPOTT AND THE STEPMOM TO SHINIKA, TOSHA AND CHRISA.
SHELLEY STARTED WITH BERMUDA BROADCASTING, AM 1340 IN THE '80S AND '90S, THEN ONTO DEFONTES BROADCASTING, MIX 106 FROM 2010 – 2015, THEN FOUND HER WAY BACK TO BERMUDA BROADCASTING, OCEAN 89, POWER 95 SINCE 2015.
HER RADIO TAGLINE IS:
' IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!'
WE CELEBRATE AND SALUTE SHELLEY JOHNSON AND THE OCEAN 89 TEAM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.
05/05/2022
CELEBRATING WOMEN IN RADIO BROADCASTING🎤💐🎤
ZARAH HARPER, THE WIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGGAE RECORDING ARTIST COLIN HARPER ALSO KNOW AS COLLIE BUDDZ AND THE MOTHER TO SIENNA, ROMAN AND IZZY.
ZARAH AND HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN IN THE RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY 10YRS.
ZARAH IS THE DIRECTOR AND VICE PRESIDENT OF VIBE 103. VIBE HAS RECEIVED THE BEST OF BERMUDA AWARDS.
THEIR RADIO TAGLINE IS:
VIBE 103, BERMUDA’S ONLY ENERGY STATION
WE CELEBRATE AND SALUTE ZARAH AND THE VIBE 103 TEAM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE RADIO BROADCASTING INDUSTRY
04/05/2022
“Strength for the Journey” is a dream that was born in Dr. Gina Spence’s heart with the desire to speak not only to Christians, but also to non-believers as well. A radio programme that can touch and help the whole community and bring some hope to those who doesn’t know God yet.
She spent weeks reflecting and praying about whether returning to the radio was the best move for her. “God needed a faith-based voice and a person who wasn’t afraid to speak about the issues and highlight the truth of God’s word, in a way that provided solutions to a lot of what we are dealing with now. I didn’t want it to be churchy or religious. I wanted it to have a nice sway and be provocative, educational, inspirational and entertaining”.
For the past decade Bermuda has changed radically and is facing the same global economic and social issues as everyone else on the globe. Dr. Spence said that it is time to hear from people of faith on topical issues of the day. “It’s time to bring hope and encouragement to our community during these very difficult times”.
She is known as the voice of grass roots Bermuda, especially in the call for unity in targeting youth and gang violence. Her road to success has been paved with many challenges, yet she has continued to overcome the odds life has stacked against her.