Mervyn Jayasuriya was a veteran announcer with

Radio Ceylon Radio Ceylon ( ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', , ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis by the colonial Telegraph Departme ...

- 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". Millions tuned into the programmes, right across South Asia. Mervyn Jayasuriya was also a news reader - he read the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon. He joined a band of radio announcers who enjoyed popularity in

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- millions of listeners in South Asia. In the late 1960s Mervyn Jayasuriya was appointed the Assistant Editor News of the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation, by Director-General

Neville Jayaweera Neville Jayaweera (23 October 1930 - 10 May 2020) was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service (1955-1972). He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman and Director-General of the Ceylon Broadcasting Cor ...

. Mervyn Jayasuriya was the younger brother of Nalini Jayasuriya, Associate, Fine Arts, Yale University Before he died in 2008, Mervyn Jayasuriya wrote a series of articles for the Island newspaper in Colombo recalling his days with Radio Ceylon.

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* Wavell, Stuart. - ''The Art of Radio'' - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. - Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation, 1969.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasuriya, Mervyn Sri Lankan radio journalists 2008 deaths Year of birth missing

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