Media in

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

are widely accessible and cater to a wide variety of audiences.

has the highest media exposure in India with newspapers publishing in nine languages, mainly

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

and

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

Print media

Newspapers

Dozens of newspapers are published in Kerala. The principal languages of publication are

and English. The most widely circulating

Malayalam-language newspapers Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was de ...

include ''

Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...

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Mathrubhumi ''Mathrubhumi'' is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. It was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British. The word "Mathrubhumi" translates to 'mother land'. ...

'', '' Desabhimani'',''

Madhyamam ''Madhyamam'' (meaning ''Medium'') is a Malayalam-language newspaper published in Kerala, India, since 1987.Kerala Kaumudi ''Kerala Kaumudi'' is a Malayalam language daily newspaper published from Kerala, India. It was founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman as a periodical. His son K. Sukumaran later served as the newspaper's editor. Kerala Kaumudi Daily is among th ...

'', '' Suprabhaatham'', ''

Siraj Daily Siraj (Malayalam: സിറാജ് ദിനപത്രം, Arabic: جريدة السراج اليومية), a daily newspaper in Malayalam language, RNI , Reg. No.KERMAL/2013/53722 , Name: SIRAJ , Publication City:KOCHI , Link: http://r ...

'', ''Veekshanam'', '' Deepika'', ''

Mangalam Mangalam is a census town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Geography Mangalam is located at . It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). It is located 1 kilometer toward the South from District headqu ...

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Janayugam ''Janayugom'' is a Malayalam daily newspaper published in Kerala, India. It is the official organ of the Kerala State Council of the Communist Party of India. It is the first newspaper in India using free software. Originally started in 1947 a ...

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Thejas ''Thejas'' is a Malayalam language Indian online news website and formerly a newspaper that was established in 2006. It was initially a morning newspaper published from Calicut. Owned by Intermedia Publishing, a private limited company in the ...

'', ''Varthamanam'', '' Chandrika'', ''

Janmabhumi ''Janmabhumi'' is an Indian Malayalam-language daily newspaper, owned by Mathruka Pracharanalayam Ltd. and headquartered in Kochi, Kerala. It was launched as an evening paper from Kozhikode on 28 April 1977. From 14 November 1977 onwards it w ...

'', ''Udaya Keralam'' and ''Metro Vaartha''.

Magazines

Among list of Malayalam periodicals major Malayalam periodicals are ''

Mathrubhumi weekly ''Mathrubhumi Azhchappathippu'' ( en, Mathrubhumi Illustrated Weekly) is an Indian general interest weekly magazine published by the Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company in Calicut. The Malayalam language magazine started publishing on 18 ...

'', '' Madhyamam weekly'', '' India Today Malayalam'', '' Dhanam'', '' Chithrabhumi'', Balarama (Comics), ''

'', '' Kanyaka'' and '' Bhashaposhini''. The following table is according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2019 Quarter 1.

Television

Doordarshan the state-owned television broadcaster started the commercial television broadcast in

with the channel 'DD Malayalam 'on 1 January 1985 from Kudappanakkunnu,

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populatio ...

. Malayalam started with a one-hour slot (6.30 PM -7:30 PM IST) daily followed by a 10-minute news bulletin in

malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

. During initial phase Malayalam programs that originated from Doordarshan were available only within 15 km radius of the station. Multi system operators provide a mix of Malayalam, English, and international channels. The first group to enter the television field was Asianet in 1993, followed by Surya TV in 1998.

Kairali TV Kairali TV is an Indian Malayalam-language general entertainment television channel owned by Kairali TV Network (Malayalam Communications Limited). It is headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram. It was launched on 17 August 2000. The channel is ...

started broadcast in the year 2000. Multiple channels then started broadcasting including general entertainment channels like (ACV NEWS), Jeevan,

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JaiHind TV Jaihind Television is an Indian Malayalam-language channel, based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It was launched on 17 August 2007, in Delhi by the Indian National Congress President and United Progressive Alliance Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. T ...

Asianet plus Asianet is an Indian Malayalam language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly ''Star India''), a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company India. Asianet and its channels are operated by Asianet Star Communicat ...

Surya Movies Sun TV Network is an Indian mass media company headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of Sun Group and is one of Asia's largest TV networks. Established on 14 April 1992 by Kalanithi Maran, it owns a variety of television c ...

Kairali We Kairali We is an Indian Malayalam language movie channel that was owned by Kairali TV Network (Malayalam Communications Limit). It was Launched on 14 April 2007. In old times, it broadcast Youth oriented Shows and Music programs. Former shows ...

Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment television channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV), the publisher of the widely circulated ''Malayalam Manorama'' daily, and the Malayalam wom ...

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, news channels like

Indiavision Indiavision was an Indian pay television news channel based at Kochi, Kerala, India. It broadcast in Malayalam. History Indiavision was launched on 14 July 2003. The network launched a second channel, YES Indiavision (Youth, Entertainment & Spo ...

Asianet News Asianet News (formerly Asianet Global) is an Indian free-to-air Malayalam-language news channel owned by Asianet News Network. Asianet News Network operates as a subsidiary of Jupiter Entertainment Ventures (Jupiter Capital Ventures). The chan ...

Reporter TV Reporter TV is an Indian Malayalam language free to air news channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language. The channel is owned by Indo Asian News Channel Pvt Limited based at Kochi. The channel was launched on 13 May 2011. M. V. Nikesh K ...

Manorama News Manorama News is a free-to-air Malayalam-language news channel operated and owned by Malayala Manorama Television (MMTV). The channel, based at Aroor, near Cherthala, Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of ...

, Kairali People,

Mathrubhumi News Mathrubhumi News is a Malayalam-language television news channel owned by '' Mathrubhumi Printing And Publishing Co. Ltd.'' The news channel was launched on 23 January 2013, with the lighting of the traditional lamp by then MD late M. P. Veerend ...

, Media One TV, 24 News Channel,

Janam TV Janam TV is an Indian news and entertainment channel broadcasting in Malayalam language. It was launched on 19 April 2015. Janam TV reached the no. 1 and no.2 positions in BARC ratings for Malayalam news channels in 2018. The international offi ...

and religious channels like Harvest TV, Harvest USA TV, Harvest Arabia, Harvest India,

Shalom ''Shalom'' ( he, שָׁלוֹם ''šālōm''; also spelled as ''sholom'', ''sholem'', ''sholoim'', ''shulem'') is a Hebrew word meaning ''peace'', ''harmony'', ''wholeness'', ''completeness'', ''prosperity'', ''welfare'' and ''tranquility'' and ...

, Powervision TV. The only government owned channel in Malayalam is Victers TV (Versatile ICT Enabled Resource for Students), an

edutainment Educational entertainment (also referred to as edutainment) is media designed to educate through entertainment. The term was used as early as 1954 by Walt Disney. Most often it includes content intended to teach but has incidental entertainmen ...

channel which is working under

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of General Education department, Kerala

Radio

In Kerala, Radio had a very vital role in communication. During colonial rule, the erstwhile

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

state set up the first Radio Station in

. The Princely State of Travancore has granted sanction for setting up a radio broadcasting station at

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

on 30 September 1937. The radio station was called 'Travancore State Broadcasting Station' and was inaugurated on 12 March 1943 by Sri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma. During Initial phase of transmission two hours of radio broadcasting on Friday evenings were aired by the station. After Independence when state of Travancore joined in Indian Union, the 'Travancore State Broadcasting Station' was merged with

All India Radio All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All ...

from 1 April 1950. Radio Alakal, the first Community radio in the state, started narrowcasting from Trivandrum on 1 May 2006.Kerala's First private FM station
Radio Mango 91.9
was launched on 29th, November 2007 in Calicut, sparking off the FM revolution in the state. Today, Kerala has a host of private FM channels that are fast gaining influence among its population.

Private FM Stations inside Kerala

# Club FM 94.3 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) # BIG FM 92.7 (Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group) #

Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi (also known as 98.3 Mirchi) is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India. It is owned by the EntertainmentNetwork India Ltd (ENIL), which is one of the subsidiaries of The Times Group. ''Mirchi'' is Hindi for re ...

98.3 (Entertainment Network India Limited) # Red FM 93.5 (Sun Network) #

Radio DC Radio DC is a non-commercial community radio administered by the DC School of Management and Technology (DCSMAT). It is the first private FM (frequency modulated) community radio station in Kerala. It is located in KINFRA Film and Video Park, T ...

- Community Radio Station (DC School of Management and Technology) * Kollam # Radio Benziger 107.8 - Community Radio Station (Bishop Benziger Hospital) *

Karunagapally Karunagappally is a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is 24 km north of Kollam and south of Alappuzha. Karunagappally taluk consists of Alappad, Ochira, Adinad, Karunagappally, Thazhava, Pavumba, Thodiyoor, Ka ...

# Ente Radio 91.2 - Community Radio Station *

Ambalapuzha Ambalappuzha is a small town in the Alappuzha district of Kerala state, India. It is located south of Alappuzha which is the district headquarters. Ambalappuzha is divided into the two panchayats of Ambalapuzha North and Ambalapuzha South. ...

# Global Radio 91.2 FM- Community Radio Station * Alappuzha # Club FM 104.8 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) # Radio Mango 92.7 (The Malayala Manorama Co Ltd) # Radio Neythal 107.8 - Community Radio Station (Diocese of Alappuzha) *

Thiruvalla Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and the Headquarters of the Taluk of the same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. The town is spread over an area of . It lies on the banks of ...

# Radio MACFAST 90.4 - Community Radio Station *

Changanacherry Changanassery or Changanacherry is a municipal town in Kottayam district in the state of Kerala, India. History The first recorded history on the origin of Changanacherry is obtained from Sangam period literature. According to Sangam era d ...

# Radio Media Village 90.8 - Community Radio Station *

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

# Radio Mangalam 91.2 - Community Radio Station
Radio Media Village
90.8 - Community Radio Station ( St Joseph College of Communication) *

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...

# Club FM 94.3 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) # Red FM 93.5 (Sun Network) # Radio Mango 91.9 (The Malayala Manorama Co Ltd.) # Radio Mirchi 104, Kochi (

) *

Thrissur Thrissur (), formerly Trichur, also known by its historical name Thrissivaperur, is a city and the headquarters of the Thrissur district in Kerala, India. It is the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala after Kochi and Kozhikode, and t ...

# Club FM 104.8 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) # Radio Mango 91.9 (The Malayala Manorama Co Ltd) # BEST FM 95 (Asianet Communications Ltd) # Red FM 91.1 (Sun Network) # Hello Radio 90.8 - Community Radio Station *

Palakkad Palakkad (), formerly known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the Palakkad District. Palakkad is most densely populated municipal ...

# Ahalia Voice 90.4 - Community Radio Station *

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second l ...

# Radio Mango 91.9 (The Malayala Manorama Co Ltd) # Red FM 93.5 (Sun Network) #

92.7 (Entertainment Network India Limited) # Club FM 94.3 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) *

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

# Radio Mattoli 90.4 - Community Radio Station (Wayanad Social Service Society) *

Kannur Kannur (), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated north of the major port city and commercial hu ...

# Club FM 94.3 (The

Printing And Publishing Co Ltd) # Radio Mango 91.9 (The Malayala Manorama Co Ltd) # Red FM 93.5 (Sun Network) # BEST FM 95 (Asianet Communications Ltd)

Private AM/FM/SW Stations outside Kerala

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# Asianet Radio 657AM # Radio Asia 1269 AM # Club FM 99.6 [The

Group] # Radio and television channels of Dubai, Radio Me 95.3 FM # Radio and television channels of Dubai, Hit FM 96.7 # Radio and television channels of Dubai, Oxygen FM 102.4 # Radio and television channels of Dubai, Radio Mango 96.2 * Holy See, Vatican # Vatican ShortWave Radio (SW 9505 kHz(31m)) daily at 8:40pm IST

Public sector Radio Channels

(AIR) FM Radio Stations in Kerala # Thiruvananthapuram -101.9 # Kochi 102.3 # Kochi FM Rainbow 107.5 (Music Channel) # Thrissur - 103 # Devikulam - 101.4 # Kozhikode - 103.6 # Malappuram -102.7 # Kannur - 101.5 *

(AIR) AM/MW Radio Stations in Kerala # Thiruvananthapuram - 1161 # Alapuzha - 576 # Thrissur - 630 # Kozhikode - 684 # Kavaratti - 1584 *

(AIR) SW Radio Stations in Kerala # Thiruvananthapuram - 5010,7290

Internet

Internet service was started by

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s like Kerala Telecommunication and

VSNL Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. It was previously a government- owned-telecommunications service provider and under the ownership of Department of Teleco ...

in the year 1998. In the same year BPL, a private mobile service provider introduced mobile telephony in Kerala. According to the IAMAI report, titled 'India Internet 2019', Kerala's Internet penetration rate is 54 % which is second highest in

Cinema

The history of Malayalam cinema begins with

Vigathakumaran ''Vigathakumaran'' ( en, The Lost Child, italic=yes) is a 1928 Indian silent film written, produced and directed by J. C. Daniel. He also played the role of hero in the movie. A social drama, ''Vigathakumaran'' was the first Malayalam feature f ...

a silent film made by J.C. Daniel in 1928. The first Malayalam talkie, '' Balan'', came out in 1938. Udaya Studio, the first professional film studio of Kerala was set up in Alappuzha by Kunchako in 1947. Another landmark was the release of

Chemmeen ''Chemmeen'' () is a 1965 Indian Malayalam-language romance film, based on the novel of the same name by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. It was adapted into a screenplay by S. L. Puram Sadanandan, directed by Ramu Kariat, and produced by Babu Is ...

in 1966, directed by

Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat (1 February 1927 – 10 February 1979) was an Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s, who directed many acclaimed films in the Malayalam cinema. His noted films include '' Neelakkuyil'' (1954), '' ...

, which won the President's Gold Medal for the best Indian film. The first co-operative society for film production, Chitralekha Film Co-operative was promoted by Chithralekha Film Society. This first film society of Kerala was started in 1964 by

Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan (born 3 July 1941) is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer and is regarded as one of the most notable and renowned filmmakers in India. With the release of his first feature film '' Swayamvaram'' (1972), Go ...

and Kulathur Bhaskaran Nair.

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Print media

Newspapers

Magazines

Television

Radio

Private FM Stations inside Kerala

Private AM/FM/SW Stations outside Kerala

Public sector Radio Channels

Internet

Cinema

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References

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