Thevis Guruge

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Thevis Guruge ( – 23 July 1989) was a distinguished broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He was the first Sinhala Announcer with Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia.

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Aiyathurai Nadesan · Balanadarajah Iyer · K.S.Raja · Mylvaganam Nimalrajan · Richard De Soyza · Thevis Guruge · Taraki Sivaram · Relangi Selvarajah · Nadarajah Atputharajah · I.Shanmugalingam · Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan · Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah This box: view • talk • edit

1 Iconic status
2 Chairman of ITN
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Iconic status

He enjoyed iconic status alongside other announcers of the station, Guruge was one of the early pioneers particularly where the Sinhala service was concerned. Millions tuned into Radio Ceylon.