Uva Radio

Ownership	Uva Provincial Council / Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Start date	02nd March 2003
Facilities Media in use Set up	FM radio, computers, internet to telecentre facilities, one Co-located with FM radio station
Number of PCS	Bandarawela centre. 8 public access, 1 server, 6 radio, 2 broadcasting.
Software	Office applications, paint /drawing, internet
Connectivity	Lease-line, 64 kbps
Radio	1 broadcast studio, 1 production studio, 12 portable digital recorders, 2 mobile broadcasting units
Transmitter	2500 watts, range 200km
Frequency Services	98.4 FM
Broadcast	Monday- Friday 5h30-11h,15-19h (Sinhala), 19-00h (Tamil) Saturday 5h30-00h(Tamil), Sunday 5h30-00h (Sinhala)
Radio Programming Overview	18.5 hours daily:40% commiunity/public affairs, 20% education, 15% news, 20% entertainment, 5% advertising
Programmes	Daily news magazine, local knowledge Societies, good governance
Languages	English, Sinhala, Tamil
Learning tools	Lists of internet wedsites, including links to government departments, CD-ROMs and PDFs on basic Seicnce, Uva specific agriculture