EuroAsian satellite radio station planned, focusing on Sri Lanka

The World Institute of Asian Studies (WIAS) is planning a 24-hour radio station called EuroAsian Radio. The WIAS is a non-profit organisation registered in Sweden which publishes the Asian Tribune, aimed at the Sri Lankan diaspora.

According to the editor of Asian Tribune, K T Rajasingham, EuroAsian Radio will be the new live voice of the WIAS, broadcasting to Asia, Australasia, America, Africa and Europe simultaneously.

EuroAsian Radio will a 24-hour service. There will be a daily 12 hour English language broadcast with hourly news, sports, weather and background news, views, reviews, comments, discussions, interviews etc. The other 12 hours will be allotted to hourly programmes in the major Asian languages. Accordingly, there will be daily one hour Tamil language and one hour Sinhala language programmes. There will be special websites for the Tamil and Sinhala language services with 24 hour availability of the latest one hour programme.

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