Talk show host Barbara Gloudon (right) listens to students from Yallahs Primary School on the 'Hotline' programme. The popular talk show was broadcast live from the Morant Bay Post Office last Thursday. Standing are Postmaster Marcia Williams and RJR's Tanya Edwards, producer of 'Hotline'. - CONTRIBUTED
RJR 94 FM's radio programme 'Hotline' was able to bring many residents to the outside broadcast held at the Morant Bay Post Office last Thursday.
Of the steady stream of visitors, most sought to share views on issues relating to their community and meet Barbara Gloudon, host for that day's edition of 'Hotline'.
Interviews began with Marcia Williams, postmistress of the Morant Bay Post Office. Her contribution consisted of an overview of the postal service's offerings. To identify the fact that postal service products have moved with the times, she emphasised the new suite of electronically-provided business transaction facilities: Paymaster bill payment, MoneyGram money transfers and Cool Card phone cards.
She stated that these snew business transactions are extremely popular and com-plement customers' schedules, as they are able to achieve a mix of transactions in one place at one time.
Mrs. Williams identified both forms of expedited mail - zip mail (local next-day service) and express mail service (overseas courier) - as being particularly valuable mail products that were constantly in demand.
Among the batch of interviewees were: Marcia Walters from Seprod; Adam Miller of Serge Island Dairies; and Sandra Kenton-Fraser from Upliftment Jamaica in White Horses in the parish.
Gloudon placed the educational system in the mix with interviews of students and teachers of Yallahs Primary School, plus students of Paul Bogle High and Morant Bay Primary. Financial newspaper columnist Hopeton Morrison of the St. Thomas Coop Credit Union, speaking on behalf of the St. Thomas Business Leaders' Association, outlined the economic circumstances being experienced in the parish, and shared thoughts on elements that could produce a fillip to economic activity.
The 'Hotline' host closed with a comment from Gordon Brown, the postal service's public relations and marketing manager. He opined that despite numerous challenges, the scale of changes that the postal service had implemented over the last few years was an indication that the postal service maintained its societal relevance despite the advance of communications technology.
The RJR Group's brands continue their trek across the island (dubbed 'Cross Country Invasion') throughout February. Look out for them in your town.
