The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) celebrated its centenary on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan radio services were officially launched on 16 December 1925 under the leadership of British Governor Hugh Clifford, making it the first country in Asia to introduce broadcasting.
Initially operated as a part of the Department of Telecommunications, the service was renamed Radio Ceylon on 1 October 1949, with John A. Lampson as its first Director.
On 5 January 1967, it became the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, with Neville D. Jayaweera appointed as its first Chairman and Director General.
Today, SLBC broadcasts three Sinhala, two Tamil, and one English service domestically, alongside five foreign services.
Its archives have the largest library of recorded songs in Asia, including rare Hindi song records not found in India and a unique collection of world leaders’ voice recordings.
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