Senator Thaao Dill was as surprised as anyone that he is a PLP senator today.

The 25-year-old Senator, who is also a popular morning radio personality on HOTT 107.5, told The Royal Gazette he had no plans to enter a career in politics on Tuesday night at the Progressive Labour Party victory rally.

But two days later he was named Junior Minister of Culture and Social Rehabilitation at Government House. Yesterday, Sen. Dill explained: "I hadn't been asked at that point and I really did not know that it was going to happen. It came totally out of the blue on Wednesday."

He added that he had not been delivered a mandate or been told what to discuss on this daily morning show. He said he was honoured to be appointed and looked forward to engaging young people in Bermuda's politics as well as focusing on the importance of Bermuda's culture.

At the victory rally Premier Ewart Brown said: "The PLP does not own a newspaper, we don't own a TV station. We don't own the other radio stations, except we have a friend at Hott.

"And I want you to give it up for Thaao for what he has done for us."

But yesterday Sen. Dill said there was no truth in the suggestion that his appointment was any form of pay back.

And he added that he believed he would be able to manage both positions, though it might take some time to balance the two.

"I was chosen because of who I am and what I say," he said. "There might have to be some massaging of the boundaries and my presentation on air but it's not like there has been any specific mandate from high delivered to me."

Sen. Dill made headlines during the election campaign for being one of the HOTT 107.5 radio personalities who repeatedly broke broadcasting legislation passed in 2003.

The Broadcast Commission, headed by lawyer Elizabeth Christopher, decided last week that HOTT 107.5 was violating an amendment, which stipulated that employees of radio stations should not take part in a political broadcasts unless they are a member of the legislature or a candidate and they take part in a broadcast in that capacity.

Now that Sen. Dill is part of the legislature he is free to say what he wants during any election campaign. But The Royal Gazette understands that HOTT 107.5 will challenge the law which they believe is repressive and unconstitutional.