List of Sri Lankan broadcasters
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- Karunaratne AbeysekeraKarunaratne AbeysekeraKarunaratne Abeysekera was one of Sri Lanka's most famous Sinhala broadcasters. He was also an acclaimed poet and songwriter and was widely admired for his excellent command of Sinhala....
- Chitrananda AbeysekeraChitrananda AbeysekeraChitrananda Abeysekera was a veteran broadcaster, poet, writer and an administrator. He joined Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, then Radio Ceylon as a radio announcer and retired as the Director of Sinhala Services in 1989...
- Nihal Abeysuriya
- Stephen Alagaratnam
- Meril Almeida
- Chitra Abeysiri
- Ratna Lanka Abeywickrama
- Niranjan Abeysundara
- Wimal Abeysundara
- Dalton Alwis
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- K. S. BalachandranK. S. BalachandranK. S. Balachandran is a Sri Lankan Tamil actor, writer, director and producer for plays and film working in Canada. His career spans more than 40 years in the Tamil film industry. He has written, directed and acted in numerous films, plays and television serials in Sri Lanka for over 30 years...
- Malini Balasingham
- Jimmy BharuchaJimmy BharuchaJimmy Bharucha, called a 'colossus in Sri Lanka's broadcasting world' died in Colombo in June 2005.Bharucha who was educated at St.Peter's College,Colombo, had a career in broadcasting spanning 46 years...
- Leon BellethLeon BellethLeon Belleth was a popular announcer with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He presented a range of radio programs including Holiday Choice. Listeners enjoyed his free and easy style of broadcasting. Leon Belleth was educated at one of Sri Lanka's foremost...
- Nihal BharetiNihal BharetiNihal Bhareti is a popular radio announcer with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in Colombo. He joined Radio Ceylon in the 1960s. His mellow voice attracted hundreds of fans in Sri Lanka as well as on the Indian sub-continent....
- Silvester Balasubramaniam
- Clifford Basnayake
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- Ron Campbell
- D. M. Colombage
- Asoka Colombage
- Vernon CoreaVernon CoreaVernon Corea was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation...
- Vijaya CoreaVijaya CoreaVijaya Corea is a radio and television broadcaster and one of Sri Lanka's most well known media personalities. Corea is a household name in Sri Lanka, synonymous with broadcasting and show business for over four decades, and has often been referred to as Sri Lanka's #1 Compere.-Early life:He grew...
- Tony and Irene de Costa
- Fathima Cader
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- Dayananda de SilvaDayananda de SilvaDayananda de Silva was a distinguished radio journalist who has enjoyed a career of 42 years in public service broadcasting, on the island of Sri Lanka. De Silva joined Radio Ceylon in the early 1960s. Radio Ceylon, now the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation , is the oldest radio station in South...
- Owen de AbrewOwen de AbrewOwen de Abrew is one of Sri Lanka's leading ballroom dance personalities, he is known as the 'King of Ballroom dancing' in Colombo. He was born on the island in 1920.- Fifty Years in Ballroom Dancing in Sri Lanka :...
- Daya De Alwis
- Premakeerthi De Alwis
- A.G.Dabare
- D.S.Dayaratne
- Ranjith Dhamakeerthi
- A.W.Dharmapala
- Kamal Deshapriya
- Sudharman De Silva
- Asoka De SilvaAsoka de SilvaEllawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva is a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 28 ODIs from 1985 to 1992. He later became an umpire....
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- Elmo FernandoElmo FernandoElmo Fernando was a popular announcer with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Fernando was an excellent reader of the news. He joined Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia at a time when it was known as the 'King of the Airwaves' in the 1950s and...
- Eric FernandoEric FernandoEric Fernando was a popular English language broadcaster with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He presented a range of radio programs both over the home and the All Asia services of the SLBC....
- Mark Anthony Fernando
- Prosper FernandoProsper FernandoProsper 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 in to the programs on the island.Fernando was a news reader,...
- Mahinda Fernando
- Harold Fernando
- Hemajith Fernando
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- Bob HarvieBob HarvieBob 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...
- Eddie Hettiarachi
- Laddie Hettiarachi
- Tim HorshingtonTim HorshingtonTimothy 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...
- Indra Hiranand
- B.H.Abdul Hameed
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- Mervyn JayasuriyaMervyn JayasuriyaMervyn 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"...
- Ravi John
- Tilak Jayaratne
- Tissa Jayawardena
- Neville Joseph
- Wijayananda Jayaweera
- Nelson Jayaweera
- Sumana JayatillakeSumana JayatillakeSumana Jayatillake is a popular Sinhala broadcaster who produced and hosted children's programmes in SLBC, including Big Mama. She is married to K. Jayatillake.- External links :*...
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- Cyril Lawrence
- Vasanta Lankatilake
- Nandasena Liyanapatabedi
- S.Liyanage
- Gunatunga K.Liyanage
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- Joseph Mather
- Mano Muttukrishna
- S.P.Mylvaganam
- Manohar MahajanManohar MahajanManohar Mahajan has been a popular announcer of the Hindi Service of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Millions of listeners in India would turn on their radio sets to hear Mahajan's radio programs on Radio Ceylon.-History:...
- Dharmasri Munasinghe
- Rohna Marjan
- Sunanda Mahendra De Mel
- V.N.Maithiyalagan
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- Sumana Nellampitiya
- K.S. Nadarajah
- C. Nadarajasivam
- V. Navasivayam
- Warren Nicholas
- S. Nathan
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- Sita and Sali Parakarama
- Eardley PeirisEardley PeirisEardley 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...
- Kusum Peiris
- Norton PereiraNorton PereiraNorton Pereira was a broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.He made his mark as a top class cricket commentator with the SLBC, commentating in English - he covered most of the international and national fixtures for the SLBC including schools cricket...
- Eardley Perera
- Shirley PereraShirley PereraShirley Perera was a popular announcer of the 1960s and 1970s in Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Perera presented some of the well known radio programmes of the station including 'You call the Tune.'...
- Jeanne Pinto
- Palitha PereraPalitha PereraPalitha Perera is a well known cricket commentator and media personality in Sri Lanka.Palitha holds the distinction of having been the inaugural announcer on two Sri Lankan TV channels – Rupavahini and TNL TV ....
- Alfred Perera
- Ranjith Peiris
- Maurice Peiris
- Mahes Perera
- Dalvirsingh Parmar
- R.E.H.Perera
- Sunil Sarath Perera
- Vincy Perera
- Srinimal Padmakumara
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- Gnanam Rathinam
- Priya Ratnavira
- Greg RoskowskiGreg RoskowskiGreg Roskowski was an announcer of Radio Ceylon during the height of the station's popularity in the 1950s in South Asia. Roskowski, born of a Polish father and a Japanese mother, was the booming voice of Radio Ceylon's morning radio programs....
- K.S.Rajah
- Arundathi Sri Renganathan
- Dayaratne Ranatunga
- Cyril Rajapaksa
- Madawela S. Ratnayake
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- Agnes Sirisena
- Gopal Sharma
- G.Sugathapala
- A.Sugathapala
- Jayatha Senanayake
- Dilrukshi Sirimanne
- Kokila Subramaniam
- Seelaratne SenarathSeelaratne SenarathSeelaratna Senarath is a famous commercial program announcer of Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and presently the Director Editorial of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited.- Journalist career :...
- N.Sivarajah
- Mohan Samaranayake
- Rosmund Senaratne
- Claude SelveratnamClaude SelveratnamClaude Selveratnam was a popular radio announcer of Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Selveratnam read the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon as well as presenting some of the popular radio programs of the day such as - 'Holiday Choice'.He joined a select band of Radio...
- Merle Swan
- Nadini Sahabandu
- Aruna Selvadorai
- Ananda Sirisena
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- Ananda Wettasinghe
- Christine Wilson
- Marion Weeraratne
- Livy WijemanneLivy WijemanneLivy Wijemanne was a pioneer of Radio Ceylon. He was one of Sri Lanka's greatest broadcasters, on October 31, 1948, the Post Master General appointed the young announcer, Assistant Controller of Programmes...
- K. S. Wickremaratne
- Ravilal Wimaladharma
- N. S. Wickremasinghe
- Dudley Weeraratne
- Sarath Wimalaweera
- Dharmasri Wickramasinghe