The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) plans to open a fully fledged radio station in Jaffna with island wide coverage in about two weeks.

This station is named Yarl FM, symbolizing the cultural identity of the people of the Northern Province, reported Daily News.

The new radio service will open up new vistas of cultural re-awakening, harmonizing with the "Vision for the Future" - the second stage of Mahinda Chintana which pledges for the protection and sustainability of our art and culture.

Artists, intellectuals and other resource persons in the North will be able to participate in programs which are specifically designed to cater to the communities, thus criminating the hassle of traveling all the way to Colombo.

In 1982 it was planned to commence construction work for a regional broadcasting station in Pannai but had to be abandoned due to the war situation.