Canberra Telugu Vaani and Samithi Inc. (CTVS) acknowledges the Ngunnawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet and pays our respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging. We also extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

CTVS  Inc provides community service to Telugu speaking and other multicultural communities in the  Australian Capital Territory and NSW surrounding region through radio broadcasts, information on ACT Government media announcements, local and international news, ACT Government Health related directives, services to help seniors and youth by encouraging them to participate in the radio program,  creating a platform for talented artists to present on the radio and at other cultural events, and organise/participate at events locally in the ACT and at the National Multicultural Festivals.

Glorious 30 Years of Broadcasting in the ACT

Canberra Telugu Vaani and Samithi Inc. is a weekly radio program broadcast for Communities living in Canberra, ACT, and Queanbeyan, NSW. The radio program is broadcast from the Community Radio Station '2XX FM 98.3 FM People Powered Radio' between 8.30 and 9.00 pm every Tuesday.

The CTV program was started collaboratively by Mrs. Nagamani Gollakota, Mrs. Subbalakshmi Manchella, and Mr. Lakshman Prasad Alluri OAM in a small way in May 1996 and was broadcast from a small community radio station at the Serbian Club Mawson, close to the Mawson Temple. The program was broadcast every Tuesday between 6.00 and 7.00 pm, which was heard widely by Telugu-speaking background communities from India, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji, South Africa, and Mauritius. The broadcast moved to '2XX 98.3 FM People Powered Radio' Community Broadcasting services in 1998. Since then, the broadcast has been going on with the volunteer support of Mr Rao Adiraju, Mr Samba Murthy Manchella, Mrs Subbalakshmi Manchella, Mr Srinivas Prasad, Mr Raj Dacha, and other community members. Mr Rao Adiraju has been shouldering the roster of the Radio program since the station moved to civic and continues as broadcasting scheduler and Treasurer of CTVS. On behalf of the community, we appreciate his and other community members' support and services.

CTVS Inc programs include local news, information on ACT/Queanbeyan local community activities, information on ACT Govt announcements and Multicultural festival activities, news highlights of the week from states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, organise artists visits from interstate and overseas, provide information to new migrants to Canberra on the community activities, jointly work with other community groups to progress the richness of the Telugu Culture in the multicultural community of Canberra ACT/Queanbeyan NSW regions.

We welcome newcomers to volunteer as Radio presenters for the Radio program. Training will be provided to the newcomers, and it is a good opportunity to bring new talent to the Radio program. 

Please contact us at: canberrateluguvaani@gmail.com