Media in Thiruvananthapuram

In 1836, Swathi Thirunal, the Travancore king, organized a government press in the city.

More than 30 dailies are currently published from Thiruvananthapuram, including prominent dailies The Hindu, The New Indian Express, Desabhimani, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Udaya keralam, Kerala Kaumudi, Janayugom, Deepika, Mangalam, Madhyamom, Rashtradeepika, Keralakaumudi Flash and Janmabhoomi.

Several weeklies, fortnightlies, monthlies, bi-monthlies and quarterlies are published from various parts of the city.

At the Government Secretariat, the Department of Information and Public Relations has provided a press room for accredited correspondents.

The Tagore Theatre provides both public and private cultural performances and screening of films.

All India Radio The Thiruvananthapuram station of All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts and relays daily programs from 5:55 a.m. to 11:05 p.m. FM broadcasting (101.9 MHz), [[Ananthapuri FM, started from Thiruvananthapuram in 1999.

Later, a full-fledged centre with a high power transmitter was installed at Kudappanakunnu, eight kilometres from the city.

Now it covers the entire state, with channel 4 available across Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia and the America.

The signals of Asianet cover the entire Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, China, South East Asia, the Persian Gulf, the UK, Europe, USA and the lower half of the former Soviet Union.

Currently Mammootty, a major actor in Malayalam, holds the post of MD at Kairali.

It was launched in 2016 as part of recent expansion plan of News 18 franchise in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam-North East.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already unveiled the logo of the channel a year earlier during the centenary celebrations of Kerala Kaumudi.

The programme menu comprises news, talks, interviews and entertainment.