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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 ...
When Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972 the station underwent yet another name change as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). In December 2005 Sri Lanka celebrated its 80th anniversary . [15] On 5 January 2007, the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrated forty years as a public broadcasting corporation.
Neville Jayaweera (23 October 1930 - 10 May 2020) was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service (1955-1972). He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman and Director-General of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1967. Jayaweera drafted the legislation for setting up the CBC and headed the new ...
Radio Ceylon became a public corporation on 30 September 1967, changing its name to Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). [2][3] Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 after becoming a republic and consequently CBC was renamed Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC). [2][3] SLBC broadcast on medium wave until 1993 when FM broadcasting began.
Rūpavāhinī was created under a government act on 23 January 1982, and established on February 14 the same year. Rupavahini began broadcasting on 15 February 1982, one day after it was established, with an opening speech from J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lanka's president at the time.
It is now known as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Sri Lanka created broadcasting history in Asia when broadcasting was started in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923 on an experimental footing, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe. Gramophone music was broadcast from a tiny room in the Central ...
Vijaya Corea's grandfather was Victor Corea, a famed freedom fighter and a national hero of Sri Lanka. He grew up in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Vijaya Corea is the son of Dr. C. V. S. Corea and Amybelle Corea and the half-brother of Siva Obeyesekere the former health minister and Dr. Gamani Corea who was the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Assistant ...
MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd is a Sri Lankan media company which owns five national radio stations - Shakthi FM, Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Y FM and Legends FM. The company was established in 1993 by the Capital Maharaja conglomerate. [ 1]