Karnataka has been a leading state in electronic communications, in India, since the start of first private radio station in Mysore, in 1935.
Newspapers
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The era of Kannada newspapers in Karnataka started in 1843 when Hermann Mögling, a missionary from Basel Mission, published the first Kannada newspaper, Mangalooru Samachara, from Mangalore.[1] The first Kannada magazine, Mysuru Vrittanta Bodhini, was started by Bhashyam Bhashyacharya in Mysore.[2] Shortly after 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).[3][4] Times of India is the largest selling English newspaper in Karnataka.[5] Tabloids including Lankesh Patrike and Hai Bangalore Adi Jambava Jagruti emphasize controversial topics.[6] Sudharma,[7] the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit in India, is printed and distributed from Mysore.
Television
Template:Main article DD1 was the first satellite channel to broadcast in Kannada.[8]
Radio
Template:Main article Template:See also All India Radio started in Mysore, and has been functional in Bangalore since 1955.[9] Radio City FM was the first private radio station in Karnataka, beginning broadcasting in 2001.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Herr Kannada. 1999 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ Kannada Literary Journalists. Kamat's Potpourri. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
- ↑ Dream of a visionary. 2005 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd.. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ Times Group acquires Vijayanand Printers. Online Edition of The Times of India dated 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ Battleground Bangalore. © 2006 The Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ The public should teach erring newspapers a lesson. The Hindu(2003-10-31). Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ Sudharma - The only Sanskrit newspaper. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ↑ Channel Information. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ↑ Still a hot favourite at 50. The Hindu. Retrieved 12 April 2016.