‘Behnon Aur Bhaiyon…’: Radio Ceylon Turns 100 And Celebrates A Shared South Asian Legacy |
Sri Lanka is celebrating the Centenary year of its radio service this year. It was indeed a momentous event when the Sri Lankan radio service, Radio Ceylon, was launched on December 16, 1925, making it the second-oldest radio station in the world. But that is not its only claim to fame.
Radio Ceylon became a game changer in the sphere of mass communication in Asia, which makes this historical event equally important for India as well as the rest of the world.
For the world, because of the significant role it played during World War II in communicating war news to listeners in South Asia. During the war, the Allied Forces took control of the station, establishing Radio South East Asia Command, which controlled the Allied operations in Asia during the war.........