Uva community radio workshop

The journey started on the 11th of May 2011 at around 6 from the Inginiyagala D.S Senanayaka Maha Vidyalaya. There were 20 members of the media section of the school. We used a van to go to the Uva Community Radio in Bandarawela which is 150 km ahead of our school and gets 5 hours to reach to the radio station.The radio station transmits over 98.4 Fm from Nayabedda in Bandarawela. Our main objective was to introduce the new technologies and to train media unit people practically.We had the breakfast at Obbegoda in Monaragala. Then we reached the radio station at around 10 am. Mr. Pradeep jayalath, an announcer organised our workshop voluntarily. He introduced live studio operations and how to handle the technological equipments. Then Ruwan Prasanna Hewavidana did a great lecture on the electronic history with the new advancements. We had the lunch at the studio premises.