Elmo Fernando passes away
August 11, 2016 07:37 am
Veteran journalist Elmo Fernando has passed away at the age of 75. Elmo Fernando was a popular announcer with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation.
Fernando joined Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio station in South Asia at a time when it was known as the ‘King of the Airwaves’ in the 1950s and 1960s.
Fernando left the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in the 1970s and joined an overseas Catholic radio station. He was a Colombo Correspondent of the BBC.
