Radio In Sri Lanka
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. History The first radio broadcast in Ceylon was in 1923 when recorded music was broadcast using parts of radio equipment from a captured German submarine. Regular broadcasting started in Colombo in July 1924. Ceylon's first radio station Radio Colombo started regular broadcasting on 16 December 1925. The station was taken over by the British military during World War II who renamed the station Radio SEAC which broadcast across South Asia from October 1944. After the war the station was handed back to the civilian government of Ceylon who renamed it Radio Ceylon on 1 October 1949. The station was immensely popular both in Ceylon and other parts of Asia. The Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation Act No. 37 of 1966 incorporated the Department ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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]   |
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Internet Radio
Online radio (also web radio, net radio, streaming radio, e-radio, IP radio, Internet radio) is a digital audio service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It can either be used as a stand-alone device running through the Internet, or as a software running through a single computer. Internet radio is generally used to communicate and easily spread messages through the form of talk. It is distributed through a wireless communication network connected to a switch packet network (the internet) via a disclosed source. Internet radio involves streaming media, presenting listeners with a continuous stream of audio that typically cannot be paused or replayed, much like traditional broadcast media; in this respect, it is distinct from on-demand file serving. Internet radio is also distinct from podcasting, which involves downloading rather than streaming. Internet ra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shree FM
Shree FM (ශ්රී FM), is a Shinhla-language radio station owned by EAP Broadcasting Company. The station commenced its operations in 1992 as FM99 under the company of Colombo Communication LTD (CCL) as the first privately owned radio station in Sri Lanka One of the key people of the company at that time was a veteran broadcaster named Livi Wijemanne. The ownership of CCL was transferred to VANIK INC. and then to E.A.P. Edirisingha (Pvt) Ltd. During the management of VANIK INC. they changed the channel's name to 'SAWANA RADIO' under the guidance of Jackson Antony. When E.A.P took over CCL they renamed as Shree FM in 1998. E.A.P. Edirisingha (Pvt) Ltd. also owns Swarnavahini and ETV Television Channels. Its English counterpart channel being E FM is broadcast from Colombo on FM 88.3 MHz. Shree FM was awarded as the People's Radio Channel and the People's Youth Radio Channel at the People's SLIM Awards 2007 - Sri Lanka. This radio is broadcast island wide in Sri Lanka on t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Shakthi FM
Shakthi FM is a Sri Lankan Tamil language Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pudu ... channel available on air. The word "Shakthi" is an ancient rich Tamil word stands for "power", (shakthi = power translation in English) from ancient Hinduism lord shakthi means god of power. One of the Tamil radio channel with island-wide coverage, including the Jaffna Peninsula and most parts of the North Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, Shakthi FM broadcasts music, live news, interactive interviews and a host of other programme formats that are innovations in Tamil radio in Sri Lanka. shakthi.fm is a website almost have all Tamil mp3 songs. Frequencies Islandwide-103.9 MHz, 104.1 MHz. References * External linksOfficial site of Shakthi FM [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lite 89
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MBC Networks
MBC Networks (Pvt) Ltd is a Sri Lankan media company which owns five national radio stations - Shakthi FM, Sirasa FM, Yes FM ' Yes 101 (100.8, 101.0 F.M.) is an English radio station in Sri Lanka. Yes FM principally plays contemporary hit music. Yes 101 commenced broadcasting on December 10, 1993, at 6.00 am. It is one of the radio channels owned by The Capital ..., Y FM and Legends FM. The company was established in 1993 by the Capital Maharaja conglomerate. References Mass media companies established in 1993 Privately held companies of Sri Lanka {{SriLanka-company-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kiss FM (Sri Lanka)
Kiss FM is a privately owned English language radio station in Sri Lanka. Founded in 2009 as Kiss 898, the station broadcasts Hip Hop, Pop and Dance music across the country. History Kiss 969 started test transmissions in July 2009. The station was officially launched on 13 August 2009. The Top 40 station broadcast a mix of Dance, Hip Hop and Pop to audiences in Colombo, Kandy and the Coastal regions. By 2012 the station had become one of the country's top five media brands. On 1 November 2012 the station's frequency changed from 89.8 MHz to 96.9 MHz after a nationwide change of all radio frequencies. The station launched its website, official Facebook page and Twitter account on 11 October 2013. Subsequent to that the station launched its official Instagram account on 1 July 2015. Kiss FM was an exclusive broadcaster for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2014. Kiss TV Kiss 969 started test transmission of the very first Visual Radio in Asia - KISS TV on the 4 November ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Independent Television Network
Independent Television Network Ltd ( si, ස්වාධීන රූපවාහිනී මාධ්ය ජාලය; ta, சுயாதீன தொலைக்காட்சி ஊடக வளையமைப்பு) also known as ITN Ltd or simply as ITN is a Sri Lankan state governed television and radio broadcaster located in Wickramasinghepura, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka. It is a Shrama Abhimani Award winner (Oct 2009) , broadcasts content to a wide demographic within Sri Lanka as well as the expatriate community. The programmes are broadcast in three languages: Sinhala, Tamil, and English. The ITN broadcast coverage extends to 99% of the island of Sri Lanka. The ITN channel is the flagship television channel of ITN Ltd. ITN further operates three FM radio stations; Lakhanda (Former ITN FM), the Sinhala language service; Vasantham FM, the Tamil language service and Prime Radio, the English language service. Vasantham TV, a second television channel operated b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ITN FM
Lakhanda (Voice of Lanka) is a Sri Lankan radio station. It was started on 15 November 1996, under the ownership of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Eventually the channel was amalgamated to ITN (Independent Television Network) on 1997 April 1 on a government cabinet decision. The programmes were transmitted on 88.5 F.M. 87.9 F.M. and 97.6 F.M. from transmitting points at Yatiyanthota, Karagahatenna, Bandarawela, Deniyaya and Colombo. Lakhanda was renamed as ITN FM by its main government body Independent Television Network Ltd (ITN) Lakhanda broadcasts programmes for Sinhala speaking audience in Sri Lanka. Its islandwide transmission opens daily at 04:30 hrs. and closes down at 00:15 hrs. local time. Lakhanda is the radio wing of the Independent Television Network Ltd (ITN) the pioneer in Sri Lanka's television. The programme contents are news and current affairs, politics, sports, education, cultural, health, women, economics and music. History Programmes were commenced at 050 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hiru FM
Hiru FM is a Sinhala radio station in Sri Lanka owned by ABC Radio Networks. It covers the whole island. Controversy In August 2020, the hosts of Hiru FM made xenophobic remarks and derogatory comments about popular South Korean boy band BTS BTS (), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 and debuting in 2013 under Big Hit Entertainment. The septet—consisting of members Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook—co-writes and co-produ ... during a live talk show which eventually triggered backlash on social media. bru bn Awards *Most Popular Radio Channel - International MACO Awards 2012 References Sinhala-language radio stations in Sri Lanka Asia Broadcasting Corporation {{SriLanka-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gold FM (Sri Lanka)
Gold FM is one of the retro stations in Sri Lanka. The station was launched in September 1998. Catering to a mature audience, Gold FM plays music from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Gold FM broadcasts live from the 35th Floor of the World Trade Center. The station broadcasts on 93.0 & 93.2 FM in 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 .... Gold FM is a part of the ABC Radio Network. External linksOfficial Gold FM website Sri Lanka shuts radio station over rebel attack story [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dilith Jayaweera
Dilith Susantha Jayaweera (born 18 September 1967) is a Sri Lankan Businessman, Entrepreneur, Media mogul, and Lawyer. In 2011, he was named by the '' LMD'' as one of the ten ‘Business People of the Year’. In 2020, Dilith Jayaweera was among 100 corporate leaders named by the ''LMD'' on its A-list of businesspeople who continue to drive the engine of growth in Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of George Steuart & Co., Sri Lanka's oldest mercantile establishment and Derana, one of Sri Lanka's largest media networks. Education Jayaweera received his primary and secondary education at St. Aloysius' College, Galle, and later joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Colombo, and subsequently Sri Lanka Law College, where he qualified as an Attorney-At-Law. Career A lawyer by profession, Dilith Jayaweera set up Triad Advertising (Pvt) Limited in 1993, in partnership with Varuni Amunugama, whom he had met at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo. Triad is the most awarded i ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |