Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

135 arrival of television in this country in 1962. His brothers Moen and Kamaluddin are also pioneers in bringing East Indian music and culture to the local airwaves. He was awarded the Humming Bird Gold Medal in 1996. HAZEL WARD (1933-2014) A s a television broadcaster, her first job was as the first weather reporter at TTT in 1962. Before that she was at Radio Trinidad. She hosted Teen Talent and Twelve and Under. These two shows were the starting point for many of T&T’s talented artistes. She also presented other programs such as Mainly for Women but her main area was in her work with bringing the talent of children to the forefront. In 1972 she received the Medal of Merit Silver and in 2000 the Hummingbird Medal Gold. KATHLEEN “AUNTY KAY” WARNER (1904-1996) K athleen Warner, née Davis, popularly known as “Aunty Kay”, was at various times a medical student, pianist, singer, actress, dancer, salesperson and teacher. She also served briefly as an alderman of the Port of Spain City Council. She was best known as the host of the popular radio programme, Auntie Kay’s Children’s Hour, which was aired for 43 years, from 1942 to 1985. Many of Trinidad and Tobago’s performers made their debut on her show. There is a collection of her material at the West Indiana and Special Collections Division at UWI. In 1970 she was awarded the Hummingbird Medal Bronze.