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Pulathisi Ravaya: The Lost Opportunity in Rural Broadcasting

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dc.contributor.author Herath, D.B.
dc.contributor.author Rupasinghe, W.
dc.contributor.author Rupasinghe, W.
dc.contributor.author Jayasekara, D.
dc.contributor.author Aththanayaka, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T06:59:38Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T06:59:38Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Herath, D.B., Rupasinghe, W., Jayasekara, D. and Aththanayaka, M. 2016. Pulathisi Ravaya: The Lost Opportunity in Rural Broadcasting. In proceedings of the 17th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2016, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 210. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/16143
dc.description.abstract 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 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Radio Broadcasting en_US
dc.subject Pulathisi Ravaya en_US
dc.subject regional Radio en_US
dc.subject Community radio en_US
dc.subject Broadcasting Monopoly en_US
dc.title Pulathisi Ravaya: The Lost Opportunity in Rural Broadcasting en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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