The first Ceylonese Director of the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon
Title
Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC)
Predecessor
Clifford Dodd, Director of the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon
Livy Wijemanne (1917 – 2002) was a pioneer of Radio Ceylon. He was one of Sri Lanka's greatest broadcasters. On 31 October 1948, the Post Master General (who was also the Director of Broadcasting) appointed the young announcer as an Assistant Controller of Programmes. This was a start of his career in management in Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia.
Noel Cruz writing in the 'Island' newspaper observed: 'The Broadcasting station that had moved from Cotta Road to Torrington Square needed drive and Wijemanne provided it. He identified talent, welcomed new broadcasters and any experiments in presentation. It was Livy who first mapped out the logistics of 'Outside broadcasts', especially of the entertainment programmes relayed from the big hotels.'
LivyWijemanne (1917 – 2002) was a pioneer of Radio Ceylon. He was one of Sri Lanka's greatest broadcasters. On 31 October 1948, the Post Master General...
station in South Asia, taking over the helm from John Lampson of the BBC. LivyWijemanne (Sri Lanka), pioneer of Radio Ceylon. J. Soedjati Djiwandono, Indonesian...
of the finest announcers and presenters in the world. Among them are LivyWijemanne, Vernon Corea, Pearl Ondaatje, Greg Roskowski, Tim Horshington, Claude...
announcers to be appointed to the panel of announcers in the 1950s by LivyWijemanne and Clifford Dodd. He was very popular with listeners on the island...
radio channel in Sri Lanka, under the license granted to then director LivyWijemanne. The radio station was shut down on 31 January 1996 for separation of...
Commercial Service, the Australian, Clifford Dodd and his assistant LivyWijemanne. He became well known as The Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon, representing...
the popular Radio Ceylon announcers in the 1950s and 1960s, such as LivyWijemanne and Vernon Corea. Thousands listened to the broadcasts, particularly...
worked very closely with the Australian administrator Clifford Dodd and LivyWijemanne in shaping the new Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon in the 1950s in...
broadcasters. The announcers trained in the 1950s by Clifford Dodd and LivyWijemanne went on to become legendary announcers of the Commercial Service of...
listeners in India for example tuned into Radio Ceylon. Announcers such as LivyWijemanne, Vernon Corea, Pearl Ondaatje, Tim Horshington, Greg Roskowski, Jimmy...
Ceylon was riding the crest of the radio waves. He was appointed by LivyWijemanne who was by then Director of the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon....
Corporation. De Abrew worked very closely with broadcasting legends LivyWijemanne and Vernon Corea at Radio Ceylon throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The...
get a letter of recommendation from Kotelawala which he presented to LivyWijemanne of Radio Ceylon to secure a job as a radio artist. Silva's first recording...
CLASS OF '49: 50TH ANNIVERSARY". Island.lk. Retrieved 10 September 2011. Livy's golden years on radio Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine...
Tirugnanasingam Thambapillai E C Gunasekera Rathna Lalani Jayakody Wijemanne, Livy (29 September 1979). "Appreciation: Prof. D. C. Gunawardena". Ceylon...
Goonetileke – legend in his lifetime". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 15 June 2004. Wijemanne, Livy (29 September 1979). "Appreciation: Prof. D. C. Gunawardena". Ceylon...
Zeylanica (1747), the first Linnaean Flora of an Eastern country. Wijemanne, Livy (29 September 1979). "Appreciation: Prof. D. C. Gunawardena". Ceylon...
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