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Dermot Hussey
Well supported
Dermot Hussey, Jamaican broadcaster and music journalist who from the 1960s took reggae and Rastafari-rooted music seriously on air at the JBC and later, and co-authored an early book on Bob Marley — a counterweight to broadcasting's initial reluctance toward the form.
At a glance
- Confidence
- Well supported
- Sources
- JBC archive; Jamaica Gleaner archive; David Katz, Solid Foundation.
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Playing the people's music: broadcast respectability or representation?
One side
Protecting broadcast respectability
The other
Representing the real musical life of the people
Two documented positions on colonial-era radio's caution toward Rasta-associated and local popular music: defenders of the policy invoked broadcasting standards and respectability, while critics argued the airwaves failed to represent the actual musical life of the Jamaican people. Neutral framing; no verdict.
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