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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[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.
[edit] Chairman of ITN
In the 1980s Thevis Guruge was appointed Chairman of ITN in Sri Lanka. Guruge was assassinated in 1989.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents: Tribute to journalists who have been murdered or who have died in the line of duty
- Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
- SLBC-creating new waves of history
- Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka
