Editing Colombo (section)

=== Media ===
{{See also|Television in Sri Lanka}}

Almost all major media businesses in Sri Lanka operate from Colombo. The state media has its offices in Bullers Road and carries out regional transmissions from there. These include the [[Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation]] (SLBC), formerly known as [[Radio Ceylon]], and the [[Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation]]. The SLBC is the oldest radio station in [[South Asia]] and the second oldest in the world. Many private broadcasting companies have their offices and transmission stations in or around Colombo. As with most metro areas, radio bands are highly utilised for radio communications. Some of the prominent radio stations broadcasting in the Colombo area are [[Sirasa FM]], [[FM Derana]], [[Hiru FM]], [[Shakthi FM]], [[Vettri FM]], [[Sooriyan FM]], [[Kiss FM (Sri Lanka)|Kiss FM]], Lite FM, [[Yes FM]], [[Gold FM (Sri Lanka)|Gold FM]], Sith FM, Y FM, E FM and many more.

Television networks operating in the Colombo metro area include the state-owned television broadcasting networks which are broadcast by the Rupavahini Corporation of Sri Lanka, broadcasting television in the official languages Sinhala and Tamil. English language television is also broadcast, more targeted to the demographics of the English speaking Sri Lankans, expatriate communities and tourists. There are as well several private operators. Many of the privately run television station networks were often based upon operational expansions of pre-existing commercial radio networks and broadcast infrastructure.