- Pearl Ondaatje
Pearl Ondaatje was a pioneer of
Radio Ceylon the oldest radio station inSouth Asia . She was one of the radio station's first female newsreaders and a presenter of radio programs, including programs for women listeners of the radio station.Pearl Ondaatje worked very closely with the Australian administrator
Clifford Dodd andLivy Wijemanne in shaping the new Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon in the 1950s inColombo . Millions of listeners across South Asia tuned into the hear the voices of announcers such as Pearl Ondaatje. Radio Ceylon ruled the airwaves of the Indian sub-continent in the 1950s and 1960s.She is a relative of the
Canadian philanthropist, SirChristopher Ondaatje and his brother, the award winning authorMichael Ondaatje who were both born in Ceylon.ee also
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Radio Ceylon
*Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation External links
* [http://www.slbc.lk Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]
* [http://ondaatje.com/ Sir Christopher Ondaatje]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/features/ondaatje/ Michael Ondaatje]
* [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]
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