Shirley Perera

Summary

Shirley Perera was a popular announcer of the 1960s and 1970s in Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Perera presented some of the well known radio programmes of the station including 'You call the Tune.'

Shirley Perera
Born
NationalitySri Lanka Sri Lankan
OccupationBroadcaster
EmployerRadio Ceylon / Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Known forBroadcasting
TitleFormer Director, English Services

Millions of listeners turned into the radio programmes broadcast over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.[1]

Shirley Perera also climbed the management ladder of the SLBC he was appointed Director of the English Services in the early 1980s in Sri Lanka.

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References edit

  1. ^ "When Ceylon ruled the airwaves". Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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