A definitive broadcast personality became one of the island’s most-recognised voices after the launch of ZFB Radio in 1962.

Cyril “Cy” Hall was among the trailblazers who took to the airwaves with Montague “Monty” Sheppard’s team through the Capital Broadcasting Company, which established itself as the island’s first Black-owned radio and television station.

Mr Hall, who overcame a childhood speech impediment to become a star DJ on the station, was described by the late Ira Philip, ZFB’s news director and later station manager, as “a fellow whose on-air name was a household word”.

Mr Hall, who grew up in St George’s, was a lifelong cinephile, starting in childhood with films and musicals at the East End’s iconic Somers Playhouse. He amassed a collection of thousands of films.

The Cy Hall Show started broadcasting prominently in the station’s inaugural year. It was followed by The Cy Hall Record Hop. Its popularity with advertisers gave a measure of its reach with the island’s listeners.

In a 2016 interview, former broadcaster Winston J.R. Jones named “Cy” along with Lee Harvey as “the first real superstars of the station”.

Mr Hall’s family said: “Bermuda knew his name — and Bermuda listened.”

Mr Hall’s broadcast career was followed by a job at Eastern Air Lines, allowing him to indulge his love of travel.

He was a freight agent for the US carrier, a mainstay of Bermuda travel and tourism until the company folded in 1991.

Mr Hall later worked on the island’s docks, where his jobs included helping moor visiting cruise ships.

His family told The Royal Gazette: “His pleasures were simple in nature.

“Family weekends meant getting into the car, picking up a rotisserie chicken and a loaf of French bread, finding a place along the South Shore overlooking the water and eating together.

“He loved to go for drives, seeing views he was unfamiliar with, damage from the hurricanes or just to see how many tourists were on the beaches.”

Mr Hall was predeceased by his wife, Carol. Survivors include his children Cyril, Marisa and Stephen, and grandchildren Alegna, Aliyah, Mia, Liam and Seamus.

Cyril Graham Rupert Hall, widely known as “Cy”, one of the first big-name broadcasters on ZFB radio, was born on June 18, 1939. He died on September 19, 2026, aged 87