Mysore

:This article is about Mysore City. For information about Mysore District and Division, see Mysore District.

Media

Radio

Mysore established its first radio station as Akashvani (voice from the skies) in 1936 largely due to the efforts of Dr. M.V. Gopalaswamy a professor of psychology at the University of Mysore. Thus the word Akashvani in referring to the radio and prevelant all over India was coined in Mysore. The station was taken over by the state in 1941. Kuvempu delivered the inaugural address, Incidentally, he also delivered the address commemorating the Golden Jubliee of the station in 1986. At the time of its inception the station was guided by one of the great Kannda essayist, A. N. Moorthy Rao (Professor, English Literature, University of Mysore) as director.

Related Topics:
1936 - M.V. Gopalaswamy - University of Mysore - India - Kuvempu

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Newspapers

The earliest efforts to began newspapers in Mysore were crushed in 1894 under the British Raj. Sadhvi was a Kannada newspaper which used to be published in Mysore. Newspapers now being published in Mysore either in Kannada or English include the Star of Mysore, its Kannada edition Mysore Mitra (first published in 1978), Samachar (first published in Kannada as Samachara and later as Samachar in english in 1950) and Andolana (both Kannda and English editions). While the Star of Mysore is published in the tabloid format, the others are published in a single sheet format.

Related Topics:
British Raj - Kannada - English

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