Shirley Perera was a popular announcer of the 1960s and 1970s in
Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon ( si, ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', ta, இலங்கை வானொலி, ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first ...
- the oldest radio station in
South Asia. Perera presented some of the well known radio programmes of the station including 'You call the Tune.'
Millions of listeners turned into the radio programmes broadcast over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon and subsequently the
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
Shirley Perera also climbed the management ladder of the SLBC he was appointed Director of the English Services in the early 1980s 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 ...
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See also
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Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon ( si, ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', ta, இலங்கை வானொலி, ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first ...
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Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
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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
*Vij ...
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 Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
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Sri Lankan radio personalities