Timothy Navaratnam Horshington was a pioneering broadcaster of
Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon ( si, ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', ta, இலங்கை வானொலி, ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first ...
, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Horshington was one of the earliest
Tamil announcers to be appointed to the panel of announcers in the 1950s by
Livy Wijemanne
Livy Wijemanne (1917-2002) as a pioneer of Radio Ceylon. He was one of Sri Lanka's greatest broadcasters. On 31 October 1948, the Post Master General (who was also the Director of Broadcasting) appointed the young announcer as an Assistant Contro ...
and
Clifford Dodd. He was very popular with listeners on the island - Ceylonese enjoyed listening to his mellow voice over Radio Ceylon - the radio station ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and 1960s in
South Asia
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Tim Horshington was sent to
Australia in 1952-1953 on training placement with the Macquarie Broadcasting Service in Sydney.
He presented radio programs such as 'Ponds Hit Parade,' and 'Holiday Choice' over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon.
He died on 8 May 2002 in
Toronto, Ontario
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See also
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Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon ( si, ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය ''Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya'', ta, இலங்கை வானொலி, ''ilankai vanoli'') is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and the first ...
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Vernon Corea
Vernon Corea (11 September 1927 – 23 September 2002) was a pioneer radio broadcaster with 45 years of public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sr ...
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Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க� ...
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List of Sri Lankan broadcasters
This list of Sri Lankan broadcasters includes notable broadcasters from the country of Sri Lanka.
A
*Chitrananda Abeysekera
*Karunaratne Abeysekera
B
*K. S. Balachandran
*Leon Belleth
*Nihal Bhareti
*Jimmy Bharucha
C
*Vernon Corea
*Vijaya ...
References
Bibliography
* Wavell, Stuart. - ''The Art of Radio'' - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. -
Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க� ...
, 1969.
External links
Sri Lanka Broadcasting CorporationVernon Corea The Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon
Sri Lankan radio personalities
2002 deaths
Sri Lankan Tamil journalists
Year of birth missing
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