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{{Culture of Karnataka}}
{{short description|Overview of the media in Karnataka}}
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[[Karnataka]] has been a leading state in [[Electronic communications|electronic communications]], in [[India]], since the start of first private radio station in [[Mysore]], in 1935.

==Newspapers==
{{main article|Kannada newspapers}} {{see also|:Category:Newspapers published in Bangalore}}

The era of [[Kannada]] newspapers in Karnataka started in 1843 when [[Hermann Mögling]], a [[missionary]] from [[Basel Mission]], published the first [[Kannada]] newspaper, ''[[Mangaluru Samachara|Mangalooru Samachara]]'', from [[Mangalore]].<ref name="herr">{{cite web|author=Shrinivas Havanur |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jan182004/artic6.asp |title=Herr Kannada |work=Online Edition of The Deccan Herald 2004-01-18 |publisher=1999 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123334/http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jan182004/artic6.asp |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref> The first Kannada magazine, ''Mysuru Vrittanta Bodhini'', was started by Bhashyam  Bhashyacharya in [[Mysore]].<ref name=kamat>{{cite web|url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/journalists.htm|title=Kannada Literary Journalists|work=Kannada Writers|publisher=Kamat's Potpourri|access-date=2012-12-16}}</ref> Shortly after [[Partition of India|Indian Independence]] in 1948, K.N. Guruswamy started the company ''The Printers, Mysore Pvt. Ltd.'' publishing two newspapers [[Deccan Herald]] (in English) and [[Prajavani]] (in [[Kannada]]).<ref name="dh">{{cite web|url=http://www.prajavani.net/Content/General/about.asp |title=Dream  of a visionary |work=Online Edition of The Prajavani |publisher=2005 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527143950/http://www.prajavani.net/Content/General/about.asp |archive-date=27 May 2007 }}</ref><ref name="vk">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/times-group-acquires-vijayanand-printers/articleshow/1651347.cms|title=Times Group acquires Vijayanand Printers|work=Online Edition of The Times of India dated 2006-06-15|publisher=© 2007 Times Internet Limited|access-date=2007-06-08}}</ref> ''[[Times of India]]'' is the largest selling English newspaper in Karnataka.<ref name="toi">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061119/asp/look/story_7016875.asp|title=Battleground Bangalore|author=Shuma Raha|work=Online Edition of The Telegraph dated 2006-11-19|publisher=© 2006 The Telegraph|access-date=2007-06-08}}</ref> Tabloids including ''[[Lankesh Patrike]]'' and ''[[Hai Bangalore]] Adi Jambava Jagruti'' emphasize controversial topics.<ref name="tabl">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/31/stories/2003103102960400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804234007/http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/31/stories/2003103102960400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-04|title=The public should teach erring newspapers a lesson|author=T S Ranganna|access-date=2007-06-08|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-10-31}}</ref> ''[[Sudharma]]'',<ref name="ept">{{cite web|url=http://sudharma.epapertoday.com|title=Sudharma - The only Sanskrit newspaper|author=epapertoday|access-date=2008-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130235918/http://sudharma.epapertoday.com/|archive-date=30 January 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> the only daily newspaper published in [[Sanskrit]] in India, is printed and distributed from Mysore.

==Television==
{{main article|Kannada television channels}}  
[[DD National|DD1]] was the first satellite  channel to broadcast in Kannada.<ref name="dd1">{{cite web|url=http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA |title=Channel Information |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102337/http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}</ref>

==Radio==
{{main article|Kannada radio channels}} {{see also|List of FM radio stations in Bangalore}}
[[All India Radio]] started in [[Mysore]], and has been functional in Bangalore since 1955.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907005212/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2006|title=Still a hot favourite at 50|last=Deepa Ganesh|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Radio City FM was the first private radio station in Karnataka, beginning broadcasting in 2001.

==See also==
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* [[List of Kannada-language films|List of Kannada films]]
* [[List of Kannada-language magazines|List of Kannada magazines]]
* [[List of Kannada-language newspapers|List of Kannada newspapers]]
* [[Media of India]]
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