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{{Short description|Trinidad and Tobago radio broadcaster (c.1927–2018)}} |
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June Gonsalves was a radio broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago for many years.She hosted several programs like the catholic issues every Sunday mornings at 10.She moved on to Trinidad and Tobago television as a Tv announcer as well.She is the first female director of a Trinidadian radio show.Now she works with the catholic church.She was knited in 2000 and is now Dame June Gonsalves. |
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'''Dame June Gonsalves''' (c.1927-2018), [[Order of St. Gregory the Great|DSG]], was a radio broadcaster in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] for many years. She was an announcer on [[Radio Trinidad]], where she started in 1956 and was programme director there from 1964 to 1970. Prior to joining the staff at Radio Trinidad, she hosted the 'Catholic Forum of the Air', a Catholic religious programme, on Sunday afternoons at 12.45. It was while doing that programme that she came to the attention of the Radio Trinidad management. |
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She died at her home in Anderson Terrace, Maraval, at 6.45 p.m. on Friday, 10 August 2018, aged 91, after battling Alzheimer's disease for the previous seven years.<ref>Yvonne Webb, [https://newsday.co.tt/2018/08/11/broadcast-icon-june-gonsalves-dies-at-91/ "Media, Catholics mourn Dame June"], ''[[Trinidad and Tobago Newsday]]'',11 August 2018.</ref> |
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She was the widow of national football goalkeeper Joey Gonsalves who died on 30 September 2010. They were married for more than 60 years. |
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Gonsalves was the first female programme director of a radio station in Trinidad and the West Indies. She moved on to Trinidad and Tobago Television as a TV newscaster in the early 1970s. She also worked as the secretary to the late Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-of-Spain, Anthony Pantin, until his death in 2000. |
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In 2000, she became the first woman in Trinidad and Tobago to be named a Dame Commander of the [[Order of St Gregory the Great]] in the [[Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>Angela Pidduck, [http://www.sputnick.com/angela/dame_june_gonsalves.htm Dame June Gonsalves profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513030530/http://www.sputnick.com/angela/dame_june_gonsalves.htm |date=2008-05-13 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Roman Catholic activists]] |
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[[Category:Trinidad and Tobago radio presenters]] |
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[[Category:Trinidad and Tobago women radio presenters]] |
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[[Category:Dames of St. Gregory the Great]] |
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 16 December 2024
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2010) |
Dame June Gonsalves (c.1927-2018), DSG, was a radio broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago for many years. She was an announcer on Radio Trinidad, where she started in 1956 and was programme director there from 1964 to 1970. Prior to joining the staff at Radio Trinidad, she hosted the 'Catholic Forum of the Air', a Catholic religious programme, on Sunday afternoons at 12.45. It was while doing that programme that she came to the attention of the Radio Trinidad management.
She died at her home in Anderson Terrace, Maraval, at 6.45 p.m. on Friday, 10 August 2018, aged 91, after battling Alzheimer's disease for the previous seven years.[1]
She was the widow of national football goalkeeper Joey Gonsalves who died on 30 September 2010. They were married for more than 60 years.
Gonsalves was the first female programme director of a radio station in Trinidad and the West Indies. She moved on to Trinidad and Tobago Television as a TV newscaster in the early 1970s. She also worked as the secretary to the late Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-of-Spain, Anthony Pantin, until his death in 2000.
In 2000, she became the first woman in Trinidad and Tobago to be named a Dame Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great in the Roman Catholic Church.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Yvonne Webb, "Media, Catholics mourn Dame June", Trinidad and Tobago Newsday,11 August 2018.
- ^ Angela Pidduck, Dame June Gonsalves profile Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine