Saturday, 22 January 2011

History of Medias in Kerala-Newspapers and Televison

Media has played an important role in kerala.Keralites woke up with freshness in the media.Newspapers and Television play the vital role here.First of all lets talk about the emergence of newspaper in kerala.



The history of newspaper start with the arrival of  Rajayasmacharam which was a religious newspaper run by christian missionaries in 1847.Although few newspapers was released,Malayala Manorama arrived on 1890 from kottayam.It became the daily newspaper in 1928 and its going on.
Kerala Kaumudi was started in 1911 and Mathrubhumi in 1928 in kollam and kozhikode respectively.
Deshabhimani was started on 1942 and Madhyamam on 1987,both in calicut.

A snap from Asianet News
The history of television broadcasting arrived with doordarshan,which is the official government channel on January 1,1985.The first private televison channel was started by Asianet on August 1993.Then after asianet channels like  Surya TV in 1998 and Kairali TV  in the year 2000 arrived.

The Top 7 Newspapers of kerala according to Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter:
    1 Malayala Manorama 124 Lakhs
    2 Mathrubhumi                 90.94 Lakhs
    3 Deshabhimani                 33.06 Lakhs
    4 Kerala Kaumudi        13.04 Lakhs
    5 Madhyamam                11.45 Lakhs
    6 Mangalam                  7.14 Lakhs
    7      Kerala Kaumudi Flash    5.28 Lakshs

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