Eric Fernando
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Eric Fernando was a popular English language broadcaster with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation came into existence on January 5, 1967 when Radio Ceylon became a public corporation. Dudley Senanayake who was the Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1967 ceremonially opened the newly established Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation along with Minister Ranasinghe...

. He presented a range of radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

 programs both over the home and the All Asia services of the SLBC.

Eric Fernando was Sri Lanka's first Television Newscaster and a well known interviewer on SLRC or State Television.

In 1998 Fernando was appointed Director-General of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He took a keen interest in the UNESCO assisted Kotmale
Kotmale
Kotmale is a village in Sri Lanka. It is located within Central Province.-See also:* Kotmale Dam* Upper Kotmale Dam* List of towns in Central Province, Sri Lanka-External links:*...

Project - the community radio program of the SLBC.In 2001 he assumed duties as Director General of the Policy Research and Information Unit at the Office of the President of Sri Lanka, he was also the head of the Presidential Media Unit.

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