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'Parables in Melody' was the first ever contemporary Christian music program ever to be broadcast over the airwaves of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation in Colombo. The radio program was recorded in London for the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka.
 
The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka (NCCSL) is a collective body of thirteen protestant churches and Ecumenical Organisations in Sri Lanka.
 
Churches: 
  • Church of Ceylon - Diocese of Colombo 
  • Church of Ceylon - Diocese of Kurunegala 
  • Methodist Church 
  • Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya 
  • Church of South India 
  • Dutch Reformed Church 
  • Presbytery of Lanka
  • The Salvation Army

Ecumenical Organisations:

  • Young Men's Christian Association
  • Young Women's Christian Association
  • Student Christian Movement
  • Christian Literature Society
  • Ceylon Bible Society

Parables in Melody was presented and produced by Sri Lanka-born journalist and writer, Ivan Corea - he was invited to do so by the Bishop of Colombo of the Church of Sri Lanka. The program was broadcast to Christian radio audiences in the island of Sri Lanka on the 'Christian half hour' slot of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation from 1979-1981.

'Parables in Melody' was recorded in London at the Radio Worldwide studio. RW were situated in Upper Norwood in 1979 - the programme engineer was Bill Caldwell who also introduced the programme with his unmistakable Scottish accent.

Top pop star Cliff Richard was interviewed for the program by Ivan Corea at the Greenbelt Rock Festival. Cliff Richard spoke about his music, his life and the fact that he had only stepped on Sri Lankan soil en route to Singapore in 1972 when he disembarked at the Bandaranaike International Airport and some of the hostesses at the airport offered him a cup of Ceylon Tea. He told Ivan Corea he would love to come back and say hello to his fans personally. The interview was broadcast over the airwaves of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) it was the first ever interview with Cliff Richard for a South Asian radio station.

The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation is one of the finest radio stations in the world - formerly known as Radio Ceylon is the oldest radio station in South Asia. Sri Lanka has a rich history in broadcasting, it is only a few years younger to the great broadcasting institution, the BBC in London.
 
Broadcasting on an experimental basis was started in Ceylon by the Telegraph Department in 1923, just three years after the inauguration of broadcasting in Europe. Gramophone music was broadcast from a tiny room in the Central Telegraph Office with the aid of a small transmitter built by the Telegraph Department engineers from the radio equipment of a captured German submarine.
 
The results proved successful and barely three years later, on December 16, 1925, a regular broadcasting service came to be instituted. Edward Harper who came to Ceylon as Chief Engineer of the Telegraph Office in 1921, was the first person to actively promote broadcasting in Ceylon. He launched the first experimental broadcast as well as founding the Ceylon Wireless Club together with British and Ceylonese radio enthusiasts. Edward Harper has been dubbed 'the Father of Broadcasting in Ceylon.'
 
Radio Ceylon became a public corporation on January 5th 1967. The Prime Minister of Ceylon Dudley Senanayake ceremonially opened the newly established Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.     
 
Many other top world musicians were also featured on Parables in Melody among them Bryn Haworth, Adrian Snell, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Second Chapter of Acts, Honeytree (who visited Sri Lanka in the 1990s), Nutshell, B.J.Thomas, Keith Green among them.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Radio Worldwide, London 1979: Parables in Melody was recorded in the RW Studio by Bill Caldwell

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The oldest radio station in South Asia - Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Ceylon)

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The beautiful island of Sri Lanka

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The tsunami in Sri Lanka

 
CHURCH OF CEYLON TSUNAMI APPEAL
 
A tsunami devastated parts of the island of Sri Lanka on 26th December 2004. Thousands have died, thousands of others have lost their families, their children, their homes and livelihoods. The Bishop of Colombo has launched a Tsunami Appeal on behalf of the Church of Ceylon.
 
The diocese has also asked that people continue to pray for Sri Lanka and all those affected by the disaster, and to pray for clergy at all levels, as they are taking a leading role in the rehabilitation process. In addition, church leaders have underlined that food and clothing consignments are of lesser importance, with direct financial support encouraged instead.

Funds can be transferred to the Diocese through the following account: Bishop of Colombo Account Number 01-102324101 with Standard Chartered Bank, Fort Branch, Colombo, Sri Lanka (SWIFT Address: SCBLLKLX)

                             

WE SHALL RE-BUILD SRI LANKA
 
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