Blog Entries for Eddy Edwards

Caribbean Media Association must overcome initial hurdles

Eddy Edwards

Recently, some members of South Florida's Caribbean media launched an effort to organize themselves and form a Media Association. This is a bold and commendable effort, considering that there are several obstacles that first must be overcome for any such association to be meaningful to its members and the community and to be successful as an organization. A couple years ago this attempt did not go beyond a few meetings and
eventually that group disbanded without achi [...]

Parents should recognize and encourage

Eddy Edwards

Parents always want the best for their children, regardless of their background, regardless of their position on the economic, social or class totem pole.� Their dream is that their child will become someone prominent who has excelled in their particular career field.� The hope that surrounds the birth of a child is universal, as proud parents imaginations run wild with aspirations of greatness.

In
earlier years, just about every parent [...]

Now is the time to make demands in exchange for your vote

Eddy Edwards

As the Presidential elections gather steam and the race for the White
House intensifies, Americans are being excited by the various promises
made by the candidates. As difficult as it is to learn
their real positions on topics such as immigration, welfare reform,
taxes and the war in Iraq, it appears that the current field of
candidates has managed to create some int [...]

Celebrate a New Year anytime

Eddy Edwards

The first week in January, the beginning of a new year and the end of the old is a time when most people reflect on the past year and make some evaluation on
accomplishments or failures as a gauge to achieving their goals. It is
also a time when new goals, popularly called New Year& [...]

America is ready for a Black President

Eddy Edwards

You hear it repeated often. "America is not ready for a black president." Other times you hear that he is not "black" enough. If one were to draw a conclusion from the talk of doubters, it would be that since Barack Obama is not black and America is not ready for a black President, then Obama has a good chance of being elected President of the United States in November 2008.

If not now, then when? When will America be ready fo [...]

�Sometimes I Wish Was White�

Eddy Edwards

Lyrics: "Sometimes I feel, I wish I was white, so I could feel, just how it feels to be treated right. I'm not ashamed of me. Just one time, I want to see, how it feels to be treated equally."

Allen Watty is best known as the singer of the Hurricane Song, (about the treatment of Blacks in Hurricane Katrina) which won rave national reviews from ABC News, MSNBC.com, and CNN.

Now, he's back with another tu [...]

Look to the future to own new communications medium

Eddy Edwards

"Cow neva know de use ah him tail till it get cut off" states the Jamaican proverb, which translates into "one never realizes the value of something until they lose it." This proverb proved true a few weeks ago, when many who religiously listened to WTPS 1080 am, every Saturday was faced with new programming, stemming from the sale of the station.

For over 25 years, WVCG 1080 AM was the dependable home of Caribbean radio progr [...]