Ridgeway Tillakaratne was

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of repute & a broadcaster in Sri Lanka. He was chairman and

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of the then

Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க� ...

Early life and education

Ridgeway was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo. Two of his famous classmates at Nalanda were Chitrananda Abeysekera and

Karunaratne Abeysekera Karunaratne Abeysekera (3 June 1930 – 20 April 1983) was one of Sri Lanka's most famous Sinhala broadcasters. He was also a poet and songwriter and was widely admired for his excellent command of Sinhala. Abeysekera wrote the lyrics to over 2, ...

and contemporaries being

Henry Jayasena Kala Keerthi Dr Bastian Koralage Henry Rudrigo Jayasena (born 6 July 1931 – died 11 November 2009 as Sinhala: හෙන්රි ජයසේන), popularly known as Henry Jayasena, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and televisi ...

, Stanley Jayasinghe and

Gunadasa Amarasekara Gunadasa Amarasekera (born 1929) is a prominent Sinhala writer, poet, and essayist from Sri Lanka. Early life and education Gunadasa Amarasekera was born in Yattalamatta in Galle District. He was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and Nalanda ...

Career

Ridgeway Thilakeratne also has held posts of being Government Agent of Pollonnaruwa, Hambanthota, Ratnapura Districts and

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to Ministry of Information and Broadcastingbrief history of radio and radio drama
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References

Reflections on Karunaratne Abeysekera
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thilakeratne, Ridgeway Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Sri Lankan Buddhists Sri Lankan radio personalities Sinhalese people Sri Lankan civil servants 1931 births 1981 deaths

Early life and education

Career

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