Renowned TV personality, Deloris Frimpong Manso, known as Delay, has disclosed how she was traumatised by an incident in her early radio career back in 2005.
Narrating the incident through a heartfelt post on her WhatsApp Channel, Delay said she was denied an opportunity to go on-air at Top Radio by the then head of programs.
The reason, she said was because the head of programs asserted that he was not familiar with her.
“I’ve gone in to greet the director. He was happy to see me. I’m supposed to go on radio that morning. A lady comes to call me the head of programs wanted to see me. There he sat, the fairly heavy looking guy, DJ Oxygen.
“Sit down he said, you are not going on-air. I do not know about you,” Delay recounted.
In her WhatsApp post, Delay recounted the excitement she and her sister felt about her radio debut.
As excited as she was about her radio debut, Delay’s dream was cut short.
The unfortunate incident had happened after the late Kwadwo Boadu, the former boss of Top Radio, offered her a position after an audition.
However, she was disappointed the next day after she was denied the opportunity to be on radio as she was earlier told.
Delay in the post vividly described her journey from Abossey Okai where she used to live with her uncle to Kwame Nkrumah Circle eagerly prepared to be on radio.
Convinced as she was for her radio debut, she carried along with her a brown and cream CD bag filled with the latest songs of the time which she was going to use for her show.
Upon reaching Top Radio in Kokomlemle near circle, Delay was met with somewhat unfriendly atmosphere at the entrance of the building but proceeded to the director’s office prepared for her radio debut.
Subsequently, the unexpected happened and she could not make her radio debut.
According to her, this setback left her disheartened after she had though that all was set for her radio debut.
“This has become an opportunity for me to confront my past and come face to face with all the traumas I have ignored over the years,” Delay said as she shared her story.
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This revelation throws more light on Delay’s challenging career at the beginning stages highlighting her resilience to attain this far in the face of all the setbacks she reminisced about.