Editing Mysore (section)

== Media ==
[[File:Oriental Library, Mysore, India.jpg|thumb|upright|Oriental Library]]
Newspaper publishing in Mysore started in 1859&nbsp;when Bhashyam Bhashyacharya began publishing a weekly newspaper in Kannada called the ''Mysooru Vrittanta Bodhini'',<ref name="bb">{{cite web|title=Vernacular newspapers and periodicals: their influence on modernity, reforms and trends in nineteenth-century Mysore|work=17th European conference on modern South Asian studies, Heidelberg|first=J. V.|last=Gayathri|access-date=27 September 2007|url=http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ecmsa/50.html|publisher=University of Heidelberg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051018202316/http://www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/ecmsa/50.html|archive-date=18 October 2005}}</ref> the first of a number of weekly newspapers published in the following three decades.<ref name="bb" /> A well-known Mysore publisher during Wodeyar rule was [[M. Venkatakrishnaiah]], known as the father of Kannada journalism, who started several news magazines.<ref name="fathe">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july272004/spt2.asp|work=Deccan Herald|date=27 July 2004|title=His struggle for justice|first=Shrinivas|last=Havanur|access-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202121214/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/july272004/spt2.asp|archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> Many local newspapers are published in Mysore and carry news mostly related to the city and its surroundings,<ref name="local">{{cite web |url=http://rni.nic.in/webreport.asp |title=Circulation as claimed by publisher for 2005–06 |publisher=The Registrar of Newspapers for India |access-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174652/https://rni.nic.in/webreport.asp |archive-date=21 July 2011 }}</ref> and national and regional dailies in English and Kannada are available, as in the other parts of the state. [[Sudharma]], the only Indian daily newspaper in Sanskrit, is published in Mysore.<ref name="only">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm|date=21 July 2007|first=Muralidhara|last=Khajane|title=Keeping Sanskrit alive|access-date=28 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603165014/http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/21/stories/2007072158620300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=3 June 2008}}</ref>

Mysore was the location of the first private radio broadcasting station in India when ''Akashavani'' (voice from the sky) was established in the city on 10 September 1935&nbsp;by M.V. Gopalaswamy, a professor of psychology, at his house in the Vontikoppal area of Mysore, using a 50-watt transmitter.<ref name="gs">{{cite web|first=Deepa|last=Ganesh|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|date=9 March 2006|title=Still a hot favourite at 50|access-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012153231/http://hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=12 October 2007}}</ref><ref name="mal">{{cite web|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul82007/finearts2007070711530.asp|work=Deccan Herald|date=8 July 2007|first=Mala|last=Kumar|title=Passion for transmission|access-date=5 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229070759/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul82007/finearts2007070711530.asp|archive-date=29 December 2011}}</ref> The station was taken over by the princely state of Mysore in 1941&nbsp;and was moved to Bangalore in 1955. In 1957, ''Akashvani'' was chosen as the official name of [[All India Radio]] (AIR), the radio broadcaster of the Government of India. The AIR station at Mysore broadcasts an [[FM radio]] channel at 100.6&nbsp;[[MHz]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Oppurtunities/Tenders/Documents/South%20Zone%20Region%20Services%2017082016.pdf |title=South Zone Region Services |access-date=27 September 2007 |publisher=All India Radio |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029050219/http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Oppurtunities/Tenders/Documents/South%20Zone%20Region%20Services%2017082016.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2016 }}</ref> and [[Gyan Vani]] broadcasts on 105.6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/icc/empc/facility|title=Electronic Media Production Centre (EMPC), facilities|publisher=[[Indira Gandhi National Open University]]|access-date=4 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304001918/http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/icc/empc/facility|archive-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> [[BIG FM 92.7|BIG FM]], [[Radio Mirchi]] and [[Red FM 93.5|Red FM]] are the three private FM channels operating in the city.<ref name="fm1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mib.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/fm/operationalised_fmchannels.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|title=List of operational pvt. FM radio stations in India|access-date=4 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120105950/http://www.mib.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/fm/operationalised_fmchannels.pdf|archive-date=20 November 2012}}</ref>

Mysore started receiving television broadcasts in the early 1980s, when [[Doordarshan]] ([[Public broadcasting|public service broadcaster]] of the Indian government) started broadcasting its national channel all over India. This was the only channel available to Mysoreans until [[STAR TV (Asia)|Star TV]] started satellite channels in 1991. Direct-to-home channels are now available in Mysore.<ref name="dth">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092104750300.htm|date=21 September 2004|title=Direct-to-Home service launched|access-date=27 September 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017032558/http://hindu.com/2004/09/21/stories/2004092104750300.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|archive-date=17 October 2007}}</ref>