Edward Harper (1873 – ) was a British engineer who travelled to Colombo in 1921 to work in the Ceylon Telegraph Department. Harper was appointed Chief Engineer. He had an innovative mind and his passion was broadcasting. Edward Harper is known as the 'Father of Broadcasting,' in Ceylon.[2]
Harper together with Ceylonese and English radio enthusiasts founded the Ceylon Wireless Club. They experimented with radio broadcasts in 1923 the first experiments took place from a tiny room in the Central Telegraph Office - gramophone music was broadcast with the aid of a small transmitter captured from a German submarine. The transmitter was built by Ceylon Telegraph engineers.[3] This was historic because it happened three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe. Ceylon plays an equal role in the beginnings of broadcasting alongside Europe and the United States of America.
Colombo Radioedit
Edward Harper's pioneering radio experiments led to the inauguration of Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia. Radio Ceylon was known as the 'King of the Airwaves' on the Indian sub-continent.
On 16 December 1925 a regular broadcasting service was launched in Colombo. The radio station was known as Colombo Radio, adopting the call sign, 'Colombo Calling.' As a result of Edward Harper's efforts and that of the pioneering Ceylonese engineers, Radio Ceylon came into being; it is the oldest radio station in South Asia.
^UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890–1960
^"Radio Ceylon/Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC): The Story of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka". Retrieved 17 August 2010.
^. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
External linksedit
Radio Ceylon/Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC): The Story of Broadcasting in Sri Lanka - Photograph of Edward Harper
BBC Radio 4 - Empire Stories
A brief history of radio and radio drama - Sunday Observer, Colombo
January 01, 1970
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