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    Pulathisi Ravaya: The Lost Opportunity in Rural Broadcasting
    (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Herath, D.B.; Rupasinghe, W.; Rupasinghe, W.; Jayasekara, D.; Aththanayaka, M.
    Sri Lanka is one of the first countries which started radio broadcasting in the early 20th century. This broadcasting unit under the British colonial rule was maintained for the benefit of the rulers to entertain their officials and the troops located in several areas of the Indian sub-continent. After the end of the Second World War radio began to air more local content since independence radio broadcasting continued as a government department. 1979 was the year in which the Colombo centered broadcasting monopoly ended with the opening of the Rajarata Sevaya as a first regional Radio Broadcasting Service. Since then few stations like Ruhuna and Kadurata started, they inaugurated another format of radio broadcasting popularly named “Community radio”. Pulathisi Ravaya was yet another Broadcasting service which was started in 1995 under the control of SLBC and was maintained by the Mahawali Development Authority. It functioned until 2002 and terminated without any known legitimate reason. This study tries to analyze Pulathisi Ravaya by using the case study method. For collecting data, we have deployed several methods such as field study, content analysis of the programme scripts, interviews and primary and secondary sources such as administrative reports and reminiscences of the broadcasters. We found that this well-established radio service terminated due to lack of cooperation, misunderstanding and the power struggle between the stakeholders of the radio. This study suggests that exploring the possibilities of re-inaugurating it and filling the vacuum for radio broadcasting like Pulathisi Ravaya in the North Central Province
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    Radio “Dambana”: A new experiment of Community radio in Sri Lanka
    (Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Herath, D.B.; Rupasinghe, W.; Jayasekara, D.; Gamage, D.; Attanayaka, M.
    Sri Lanka is the first country which started the Community Radio station in Asia, as Mahawali Community Radio (MCR).But many researchers points out that it was not a proper way of establishing a community radio.(Jayaratne,2008).The rationale behind is that its name as ―community‖ but functioned as ―state owned‖. In 2010 the main MCR station Giradurukotte Community Radio, launched as Radio Dambana. It was transformed as community radio for Sri Lankan Vadda community mainly located in the area of Dambana. In this research we are trying to analyze the main functions of the radio dambana as a community radio. While doing this we are searching the sustainability of the station and its scope. We have used mix methods to collect data such as interviews field visits, content analysis of the programmes as primary data. To analyze the data we deployed the SWOT analysis as a tool. The findings suggest the format of radio dambana would need a shift of its functions to achieve the aims and objectives of the station.