It’s All In The Name – Sylvia Cowleard
Friday 7pm-8pm
Join Sylvia on Friday, each week a different ‘name’ themed show.
Three words to describe your show:
Entertaining, interesting, enjoyable (as described by listeners)
About the show:
It’s all in the name – is exactly what it says. Each week there will be a theme, it could be boys or girls’ names, colours, cities, numbers, title tracks from films, Bond themes, months or seasons. It could be anything. For example, one week was American cities and we went for a tour around America with some interesting facts along the way. There’s always a selection of great music spanning the decades ensuring there is something enjoyable for everyone.
Sylvia’s memorable RSH moment:
Picking one favourite moment is very tricky, I’ve started in 1982! However, I think the moment that always pops into my head when asked this question is something that happened on the very first show I presented – solo! We were celebrating a Radio St Helier birthday, back in 1983 and I had been round the wards collecting requests and explaining we were celebrating RSH’s birthday. During the show, there was a knock at the door (we were in a tiny room at that time) and when I opened it, two female patients were standing at the door singing ‘happy birthday’. They presented me with a grapefruit which they had stuck cotton wool buds in as they didn’t have cake nor candles. I did the remainder of the show with that in front of me, and the number of phone calls I received was unbelievable. My first show went down a treat and I’ve been hooked ever since.
The first record Sylvia bought:
Having older brothers and sisters, I didn’t bother to buy records for a long time, I listened to theirs. But my first album, was Tapestry by Carole King and it remains one of my favourites today.
Claim to Fame:
Don’t really have a claim to fame, but I have interviewed lots of famous people, my two favourites being Lulu and Craig Douglas. I met Craig by chance some 16 years after interviewing him and he remembered me. So, if I have a claim to fame, it’s got to be that I guess.
Favourite part of being a hospital radio volunteer:
One of the best things is going out and meeting the listeners, but I don’t do that for this show, so the best bit about this programme is the research and the learning that comes from that research and putting together a programme which, I hope fulfils the three words that have been used by listeners in respect of this show – entertaining, interesting and enjoyable. Can’t get much better than that really.
Favourite show on Radio St Helier:
I listen to as many as I can, but my favourites have to be Kev’s Country Clinic, Mark Haylett with St Helier 9211 and Paul Caffrey – Traversing the Noon.
