Thevis Guruge

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. Campaignbox_Human_Rights_In_Sri_Lanka

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.

Chairman of ITN

In the 1980s Thevis Guruge was appointed Chairman of ITN in Sri Lanka. Guruge was assassinated in 1989 by the JVP.

ee also

*Sri Lankan civil war

References

* Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents: [http://www.prixbayeux.org/fiche.php3?ref=56 Tribute to journalists who have been murdered or who have died in the line of duty]
* [http://www.slbc.lk Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]
* [http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/12/21/fea10.htm SLBC-creating new waves of history]
* [http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/12/27/fea02.htm Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka]