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Several international broadcasters operate radio stations aimed at Sri Lankan audiences but broadcasting from outside Sri Lanka: All India Radio. BBC World Service Sinhala Service (Sandeshaya) BBC World Service Tamil Service (Tamilosai) China Radio International Sinhala Service. China Radio International Tamil Service. Radio Veritas Asia.
Independent Television Network. MTV Channel. Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. Voice of Asia Network. Mass media of Sri Lanka consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. State and private media operators provide services in the main languages Sinhala, Tamil and English.
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. The first-ever broadcast on an experimental ...
FM Derana is a free-to-air Sinhala radio channel in Sri Lanka. Established in March 2009, FM Derana broadcasts 24 hours a day and covers over 95% of the island. Designed to appeal to a broad cross-section of listeners, FM Derana leverages the strength and success of TV Derana. This strategic consolidation aims to revolutionize the media ...
Radio Ceylon ( Sinhala: ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya, Tamil: இலங்கை வானொலி, ilankai vanoli) is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis by the colonial Telegraph ...
The programming of the radio station includes talk shows, and Sinhala and Hindi top hits. Sirasa FM is the first private media organisation to be allowed to broadcast news in Sri Lanka. [4] However, Sirasa FM was banned broadcasting news after the station broadcast a false report of a nonexistent countrywide curfew. [5]
This list of Sri Lankan broadcasters includes notable broadcasters from the country of Sri Lanka This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Sooriyan FM, the 1st private Tamil radio channel in Sri Lanka launched 12 years ago, is the market leader & the trend setter in Tamil radio. Its innovative programming strategy and the up to date news reporting has made Sooriyan FM the epitome in Tamil broadcasting. [citation needed] Sooriyan FM is, as at now, a multi-award winning Radio ...