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List Of Sri Lankan Broadcasters
This list of Sri Lankan broadcasters includes notable broadcasters from the country of Sri Lanka. A *Chitrananda Abeysekera *Karunaratne Abeysekera B *K. S. Balachandran *Leon Belleth *Nihal Bhareti *Jimmy Bharucha C *Vernon Corea *Vijaya Corea D * Owen de Abrew *Premakeerthi De Alwis * Asoka de Silva * Dayananda de Silva *Sugathapala De Silva * A.W.Dharmapala * KDK Dharmawardena E F *Elmo Fernando *Eric Fernando * Mark Antony Fernando *Prosper Fernando G *Christopher Greet * H.M.Gunasekera *Dayananda Gunawardena *Thevis Guruge *Biso Menike Grero * Gunathilaka Gajanayake H *Bob Harvie *Tim Horshington I J *Tilak Jayaratne *Mervyn Jayasuriya *Sumana Jayatillake * Mahieash Johnney K Kapila M.Gamage L M *Manohar Mahajan * S.P.Mylvaganam N P *Eardley Peiris * Norton Pereira * Palitha Perera * Shirley Perera Q R *Greg Roskowski * Prabha Ranatunge S * Seelaratna Senarath * Kailayar Sellanainar Sivakumaran * Satsorupavathy Nathan T V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper Fernando
Prosper Fernando was a longstanding announcer with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Fernando presented some of Radio Ceylon's most popular radio programs such as ''Housewives' Choice'' and ''Holiday Choice''. Thousands tuned into the programs on the island. Fernando was a news reader, presenting the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon. He was also an announcer on the Sinhala Service of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. See also *Radio Ceylon *Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation *List of Sri Lankan broadcasters References Bibliography * Wavell, Stuart. - ''The Art of Radio'' - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. - Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க ..., 1969. External links SLBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eardley Peiris
Eardley Peiris was a radio announcer with Radio Ceylon who joined the radio station in the late 1950s and enjoyed huge popularity with millions of listeners across South Asia. He presented some of the key radio programs like Holiday Choice, he also read the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon. Peiris and the select band of announcers of Radio Ceylon enjoyed iconic status in South Asia. Radio Ceylon ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and 1960s. See also *Radio Ceylon *Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation *List of Sri Lankan broadcasters References Bibliography * Wavell, Stuart. - ''The Art of Radio'' - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. - Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க ..., 1969. External links Sri Lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manohar Mahajan
Manohar is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: ;given name * Manohar Ajgaonkar, Indian politician * Manohar Das, 17th century Indian Hindu painter * Manohar Joshi, politician * Manohar Lal Chibber, soldier * Manohar Lal Khattar, politician * Manohar Malgonkar, author * Manohar Parrikar, politician * Manohar Shankar Oak, poet * Murli Manohar Joshi, politician ;surname * Prathima Manohar, social entrepreneur * Prem Manohar, politician * Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian independence activist * Shashank Manohar, Indian cricket administrator * Sujata Manohar, judge * Sunanda Murali Manohar, film producer * V. Manohar, music director, lyricist, film director and actor ;Tamil film actors *Ceylon Manohar *Crane Manohar *Lollu Sabha Manohar *R. N. R. Manohar *R. S. Manohar *Suruli Manohar Suruli Manohar was a Tamil film actor comedian who appeared in many films and television serials. He also had directed a film ''Iyakkunar'' as well. He is known for his roles i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumana Jayatillake
Kala Keerthi The Kala Keerthi ( si, කලා කීර්ති) is a Sri Lankan Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded "''for extraordinary achievements and contributions in arts, culture and drama''". It is the highest national honour for arts, cu ... Sumana Jayatillake (born April 23, 1937) is a popular Sinhala broadcaster who produced and hosted children's programmes at SLBC, including ''Handa Mama''. She is married to K. Jayatillake. Sources External links Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Sri Lankan radio personalities 1937 births Living people Kala Keerthi {{SriLanka-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mervyn Jayasuriya
Mervyn Jayasuriya was a veteran announcer with Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Jayasuriya presented some of the most popular radio programmes over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon, such as "Roving Mike" and "Sports Newsreel". Millions tuned into the programmes, right across South Asia. Mervyn Jayasuriya was also a news reader - he read the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon. He joined a band of radio announcers who enjoyed popularity in South Asia - millions of listeners in South Asia. In the late 1960s Mervyn Jayasuriya was appointed the Assistant Editor News of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation, by Director-General Neville Jayaweera. Mervyn Jayasuriya was the younger brother of Nalini Jayasuriya, Associate, Fine Arts, Yale University Before he died in 2008, Mervyn Jayasuriya wrote a series of articles for the Island newspaper in Colombo recalling his days with Radio Ceylon. See also *Radio Ceylon *List of Sri Lankan Broadcasters References Biblio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilak Jayaratne
Tilak Jayaratne(December 30, 1943 – September 7, 2012) was a veteran broadcaster, media personnel, teacher and researcher and writer for radio and television. He was instrumental in introducing alternative media forum for people involved in the electronic media for the last 30 years. His scripts of five avant-garde teleplay which ‘Andukola’, ‘Kadulla’, ‘Nadunana Puttu’, ‘Wanaspathi’, ‘Dande Lu Gini’ and ‘Kampitha Vil’ a result of ethnographic research conducted living with the community of people was outstanding themes to the teledrama industry highly acclaimed. Biography Jayaratne worked in the technical section of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and a part of the trade union movement in the mid 1970. He was a vibrant part of the community of young men and women watching plays and films and endlessly talking about them as well as about how one could use art forms such as theatre and the cinema, that could engage with a broader public, to build a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Horshington
Timothy Navaratnam Horshington was a pioneering broadcaster of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Horshington was one of the earliest Tamil announcers to be appointed to the panel of announcers in the 1950s by Livy Wijemanne and Clifford Dodd. He was very popular with listeners on the island - Ceylonese enjoyed listening to his mellow voice over Radio Ceylon - the radio station ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and 1960s in South Asia. Tim Horshington was sent to Australia in 1952-1953 on training placement with the Macquarie Broadcasting Service in Sydney. He presented radio programs such as 'Ponds Hit Parade,' and 'Holiday Choice' over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon. He died on 8 May 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. See also *Radio Ceylon *Vernon Corea *Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation *List of Sri Lankan broadcasters References Bibliography * Wavell, Stuart. - ''The Art of Radio'' - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. - C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Harvie
Robert James Anthony Harvie "Bob" Harvie was a popular announcer of Radio Ceylon. Harvie's voice was inextricably linked to cricket commentaries from the island of Ceylon. He has led the English cricket commentary team from Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Harvie has been a significant figure where cricket commentaries from Sri Lanka are concerned and he has been on the radio on Ceylon test matches against visiting England teams. Bob Harvie has made his commentaries when the Ceylon team was captained by Anura Tennekoon and Michael Tissera. Bob Harvie was Ceylon's ' John Arlott' and enjoyed huge popularity as a cricket commentator, giving his ball by ball commentaries over Radio Ceylon, alongside other great Ceylonese commentators such as Norton Pereira. He gained a war service commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry, he retired as a Captain in the Ceylon Volunteer Force. The Royal-Thomian Encounter Bob Harvie has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biso Menike Grero
Biso (887 – 909) was a Bishop of Paderborn. Biso was born in the 9th century in the western part of the Duchy of Saxony. As the first bishop who was a freely elected cleric he was ordained on 2 May 887 by the Archbishop of Mainz, Liutbert. His investiture was presided over by King Charles the Fat. Biso was bishop from 887 to 9 September 909. He is interred in Paderborn Cathedral Paderborn Cathedral (german: Paderborner Dom) is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paderborn. It is located in the city centre of Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary, Saint Kilian and .... During his time as bishop he dealt with eleven popes. He died on 9 September 909. References Literature * Brandt/Hengst: ''Die Bischöfe von Paderborn'' * 9th-century Saxon bishops Roman Catholic bishops of Paderborn 9th-century births 10th-century deaths {{Germany-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
