Media in Karnataka#Newspapers
{{Culture of Karnataka}}
{{short description|Overview of the media in Karnataka}}
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Karnataka has been a leading state in electronic communications, in India, since the start of first private radio station in Mysore, in 1935.
Newspapers
{{main article|Kannada newspapers}} {{see also|:Category:Newspapers published in Bengaluru}}
The era of Kannada newspapers in Karnataka started in 1843 when Hermann Mögling, a missionary from Basel Mission, published the first Kannada newspaper, Mangalooru Samachara, from Mangalore.{{cite web|author=Shrinivas Havanur |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jan182004/artic6.asp |title=Herr Kannada |work=Online Edition of The Deccan Herald 2004-01-18 |publisher=1999 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123334/http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jan182004/artic6.asp |archive-date=29 September 2007 }} The first Kannada magazine, Mysuru Vrittanta Bodhini, was started by Bhashyam Bhashyacharya in Mysore.{{cite web|url=http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/kar/writers/journalists.htm|title=Kannada Literary Journalists|work=Kannada Writers|publisher=Kamat's Potpourri|access-date=2012-12-16}} Shortly after Indian Independence in 1948, K.N. Guruswamy started the company The Printers, Mysore Pvt. Ltd. publishing two newspapers Deccan Herald (in English) and Prajavani (in Kannada).{{cite web|url=http://www.prajavani.net/Content/General/about.asp |title=Dream of a visionary |work=Online Edition of The Prajavani |publisher=2005 The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527143950/http://www.prajavani.net/Content/General/about.asp |archive-date=27 May 2007 }}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/times-group-acquires-vijayanand-printers/articleshow/1651347.cms|title=Times Group acquires Vijayanand Printers|work=Online Edition of The Times of India dated 2006-06-15|publisher=© 2007 Times Internet Limited|access-date=2007-06-08}} Times of India is the largest selling English newspaper in Karnataka.{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061119/asp/look/story_7016875.asp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216130558/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061119/asp/look/story_7016875.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2012|title=Battleground Bangalore|author=Shuma Raha|work=Online Edition of The Telegraph dated 2006-11-19|publisher=© 2006 The Telegraph|access-date=2007-06-08}} Tabloids including Lankesh Patrike and Hai Bangalore Adi Jambava Jagruti emphasize controversial topics.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/31/stories/2003103102960400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804234007/http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/31/stories/2003103102960400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-04|title=The public should teach erring newspapers a lesson|author=T S Ranganna|access-date=2007-06-08|location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu|date=2003-10-31}} Sudharma,{{cite web|url=http://sudharma.epapertoday.com|title=Sudharma - The only Sanskrit newspaper|author=epapertoday|access-date=2008-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130235918/http://sudharma.epapertoday.com/|archive-date=30 January 2019|url-status=dead}} the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit in India, is printed and distributed from Mysore.
Television
{{main article|Kannada television channels}}
Udaya TV was the first satellite channel to broadcast in Kannada.{{cite web|url=http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA |title=Channel Information |access-date=2007-06-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102337/http://www.allsat.com/channels/showchannel.cgi?channel=UDAYA |archive-date=29 September 2007 }}
Vistara News is a 24*7 Kannada news channel based in Karnataka{{Cite web |title=Vistara News Kannada 24x7 is a dedicated Kannada news channel |url=https://vistaranews.com/ |website=Vistara News}}
Radio
{{main article|Kannada radio channels}} {{see also|List of FM radio stations in Bangalore}}
All India Radio started in Mysore, and has been functional in Bangalore since 1955.{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907005212/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2006/03/09/stories/2006030901660100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2006|title=Still a hot favourite at 50|last=Deepa Ganesh|work=The Hindu|access-date=12 April 2016}} Radio City FM was the first private radio station in Karnataka, beginning broadcasting in 2001.
See also
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