<P> During World War II, the Allied Forces took over radio operations in Colombo and Radio Seac was born . Colombo based (British) announcers, David Jacobs and Desmond Carrington (who joined the BBC after the war) were among those who presented the news and radio programs for the Allied Forces across South - East Asia . When the war was over, Radio Seac was handed back to the Government of Ceylon . This was when the name was changed to Radio Ceylon . The name change heralded a new chapter in broadcasting in South Asia . </P> <P> Radio Ceylon enjoyed the status' King of the airwaves' of South Asia in the 1950s and 1960s . Millions of listeners tuned into the radio broadcasts . This was the golden era of Radio Ceylon . Clifford Dodd, an administrator from Australia was brought in under the Colombo Plan . It was Dodd who founded the Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon which was very successful . </P> <P> Radio Ceylon and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation produced some of the finest announcers and presenters in the world . Among them are Livy Wijemanne, Vernon Corea, Pearl Ondaatje, Greg Roskowski, Tim Horshington, Claude Selveratnam, Jimmy Bharucha, Thevis Guruge, Chitrananda Abeysekera, A.W. Dharmapala, Karunaratne Abeysekera, H.M. Gunasekera, S.P. Mylvaganam, Gnanam Rathinam, Nihal Bhareti, Leon Belleth and Vijaya Corea are named few . </P> <P> In 2005 the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation celebrated 80 years in the world of broadcasting . This was a historic landmark where broadcasting was concerned a very important chapter for communication in Sri Lanka . </P>

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