Neville Jayaweera
| Neville Jayaweera | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 23, 1930 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Occupation | Broadcasting executive |
| Employer | The Government of Sri Lanka |
| Known for | spearheading the change over of Radio Ceylon to a public corporation |
| Title | Chairman and Director-General of Radio Ceylon/Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation |
Neville Jayaweera is a distinguished civil servant of Sri Lanka. He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake and the Cabinet Minister of Broadcasting, Ranasinghe Premadasa to be both Chairman and Director-General of Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 1967.
Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation
Under his leadership the brand name of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation was strengthened. The name of the CBC underwent yet another name change in 1972 when Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka. The CBC is now known as the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
The SLBC is the oldest radio station in South Asia and enjoyed the title 'King of the Airwaves' in South Asia from the 1950s-1970s.
See also
Publications
- Folk media and development communication - myths and realities : a report on experiences in people's communication in Mexico, India, and the Philippines By Neville Jayaweera.Published in 1991, Asian Social Institute (Manila)
- Some reflections on the theme of continuity and change in Indian culture by Neville Jayaweera,
Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1990
- The role of the churches in the ethnic conflict by Neville Jayaweera, Marga Institute, 2001
- The New Economics of Information by Stonier, Tom., Neville Jayaweera, James Robertson, Intermediate Technology, November 1989 Paperback
External links
- The Official Website of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
- SLBC-creating new waves of history
- Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka