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The history of Radio Ceylon dates back to 1925, when its first precursor, Colombo Radio, was launched on 16 December 1925 using a mediumwave radio transmitter of one kilowatt of output power from Welikada, Colombo. Commenced just 3 years after the launch of BBC, Colombo radio was the first radio station in Asia and the second oldest radio ...
Radio broadcasting in Sri Lanka dates to 1923. Radio broadcasting, like other forms of media in Sri Lanka , is generally divided along linguistic lines with state and private media operators providing services in Sinhala , Tamil , and English language.
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), formerly Radio Ceylon, is the oldest radio station in Asia, and was founded as Colombo Radio in 1925. Edward Harper who was then the Chief Engineer at the Telegraph Department in 1921, was the first person who initiated experimental broadcasts in Ceylon.
Radio stations that broadcast in the Tamil language are found primarily in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Canada as well as other parts of the world containing a significant Tamil diaspora population.
Sri FM (ශ්රී FM) is the first privately owned radio station in Sri Lanka. This radio is broadcast island wide in Sri Lanka on the frequencies 93.2FM, 95.8FM, 98.8FM, 99.0FM and 99.3FM. Shree FM, Ran FM and E FM's Executive Director, is Ryan Honter.
It is one of the three successful radio stations started by MBC Networks in the 1990s. The other two being Yes FM and Shakthi FM. [2] The programming of the radio station includes talk shows, and Sinhala and Hindi top hits. [3] Sirasa FM is the first private media organisation to be allowed to broadcast news in Sri Lanka. [4]
Press freedom is a major concern in Sri Lanka. Both sides in the war make efforts to silence inconvenient reporters. Around 15 reporters received death threats from one faction or the other in 2004 [2] The assassinated reporter Aiyathurai Nadesan, correspondent in Batticaloa for several Tamil media stated just prior to his assassination in 2005:
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Hiru FM is a Sinhala radio station in Sri Lanka owned by ABC Radio Networks. It covers the whole island ...