Hamid Sayani
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Hamid Sayani was a popular announcer with the Hindi
Service of Radio Ceylon
. He was the brother of Ameen Sayani
who presented Binaca Geetmala
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Hamid Sayani helped popularise Radio Ceylon across the Indian sub-continent. Millions tuned into the station widely regarded as the 'King of the Airwaves' in the 1950s and 1960s in South Asia.
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
Service of Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon
Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in Asia. Broadcasting was started on an experimental basis in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe.- Edward Harper :...
. He was the brother of Ameen Sayani
Ameen Sayani
Ameen Sayani is a popular radio announcer from India. He achieved fame and popularity all across South Asia when he presented his Binaca Geetmala program of hits over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon. He is one of the most imitated announcers even today....
who presented Binaca Geetmala
Binaca Geetmala
Binaca Geetmala was a weekly radio countdown show of top filmi songs from Indian cinema listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, that was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and then shifted to Vividh Bharati network in 1989 where it ran till 1994...
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Hamid Sayani helped popularise Radio Ceylon across the Indian sub-continent. Millions tuned into the station widely regarded as the 'King of the Airwaves' in the 1950s and 1960s in South Asia.