Elmo Fernando Explained

Elmo Fernando
Birth Place:	Sri Lanka
Death Date:	(aged 75)
Death Place:	Colombo
Nationality:	Sri Lankan
Known For:	Broadcasting
Employer:	Radio Ceylon / Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation / British Broadcasting Corporation
Occupation:	Broadcaster
Colombo Correspondent of the BBC

Elmo Fernando (died 11 August 2016)^[1] was a popular announcer with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Fernando was an excellent reader of the news. He joined Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia at a time when it was known as the 'King of the Airwaves' in the 1950s and 1960s. Millions tuned into the station from across the Indian sub-continent.^[2] When he was at Radio Ceylon he was mentored by the veteran broadcaster Vernon Corea.

Fernando left the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in the 1970s and joined an overseas Catholic radio station. He was a Colombo Correspondent of the BBC.

See also

• Radio Ceylon
• Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• List of Sri Lankan Broadcasters

References

"'එල්මෝ ප්‍රනාන්දු කොළඹ සිට' එළිදැක්වෙයි" - http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/world-39936695

Bibliography

• Wavell, Stuart. - The Art of Radio - Training Manual written by the Director Training of the CBC. - Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation, 1969.

External links

• Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• SLBC-creating new waves of history
• Eighty Years of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Web site: Veteran Journalist Elmo Fernando passes away. The Daily Mirror. 11 August 2016. 11 August 2016.
2. Web site: When Ceylon ruled the airwaves . 2008-09-04 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20081219081446/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2006/01/01/stories/2006010100150400.htm . 2008-12-19 .