The Indian state of Karnataka has been a leader in electronic communications since opening the first private radio station in Mysore in 1935.
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Newspapers
The era of Kannada newspapers in Karnataka started in 1843 when Hermann Mögling, a missionary from Basel Mission published the first Kannada newspaper called Mangalooru Samachara from Mangalore. The first Kannada magazine, Mysuru Vrittanta Bodhini was started by Bhashyam Bhashyacharya in Mysore. Shortly after Indian Independence in 1948, K N Guruswamy started the company, The Printers (Mysore Private Limited) and started publishing two newspapers Deccan Herald (in English) and Prajavani (in Kannada). Times of India is the largest selling English newspaper in Karnataka. Tabloids including Lankesh Patrike and Hai Bangalore Adi Jambava Jagruti emphasize controversial topics. Sudharma, the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit in India is printed and distributed from Mysore.
Television
(Dd1) was the first satellite channel to broadcast in Kannada.
Radio
All India Radio has been based in Bangalore since 1955, although it originated in Mysore. Radio City FM was the first private radio station in Karnataka, beginning broadcasting in 2001.