World Radio Day 2023 on RRI
World Radio Day is celebrated internationally on February 13
Vlad Palcu, 13.02.2023, 12:08
Happy
World Radio Day everyone!
On
February 13, RRI joins the community of international broadcasters in
celebrating World Radio Day.
The
history of this day takes us back to 1946, when the first edition of World
Radio Day marked the creation of the UN headquarters-based United Nations
Radio. Since then, the objectives of WRD have remained unchanged through
history: to raise awareness among the public and the media regarding the
importance of radio as well as to encourage decision makers to establish and
provide access to information through radio as well as to enhance networking
and international cooperation among broadcasters.
In
2023, UNESCO picked Radio and Peace as the central theme to WRD. According to
UNESCO’s website, radio can indeed fuel conflict but in reality, professional
radio moderates conflict and/or tensions, preventing their escalation or
bringing about reconciliation and reconstruction talks. In contexts of distant
or immediate tension, relevant programmes and independent news reporting
provide the foundation for sustainable democracy and good governance by
gathering evidence about what is happening, informing citizens about it in
impartial and fact-based terms, explaining what is at stake and brokering
dialogue among different groups in society.
On
this very special occasion, we invite all our listeners to discover a series of
historic audio files released by UNESCO, which can be accessed free of charge
and redistributed without copyright restriction. These include interviews and statements
of former world leaders, UNESCO officials or representatives of international
organizations. The full list is available here:
https://www.unesco.org/en/days/world-radio/audios
To
mark WRD 2023, RRI has devoted a special program to the celebration of UNESCO’s
theme, Radio and Peace, relying exclusively on contributions sent by
listeners of RRI’s language departments.
At the
English Service, our Listeners’ Letterbox segment aired last weekend included a
selection of such contributions. You can listen to the programme here:
https://www.rri.ro/en_gb/listeners_letterbox_on_wrd-2677350
We
thank everyone who sent their greetings on this occasion or shared with us
their thoughts and ideas about this year’s theme. A big thank you thus goes to
Art Wormald (Canada), Pawel Nikodym (Poland), Timothy Brockett (USA), Roseanna
Lakeland (USA), Christer Brunström (Sweden), Artur Fernandez Llorella (Spain),
Tarun Sethi (India), Bidhan Chandra Sanyal (India), Hans Verner Lollike
(Denmark), Paul Jamet (France), Najim Uddin (India), Maria Khanam Moure (Bangladesh), Faria Khanam
Mumu (Bangladesh), Saif Ahmed Utsha (Bangladesh), Prothama Prome (Bangladesh),
Tanima Tanne (Bangladesh), Anika Anne (Bangladesh), Wasif Ahmed (Bangladesh),
Salina Akter (Bangladesh), Yaara Ahmed (Bangladesh), Eti Mone (Bangladesh),
Renita Rini (Bangladesh), Upoma Khatun (Bangladesh), Besakha Akter
(Bangladesh), Juli Sarmile (Bangladesh), H.M. Tarek (Bangladesh), R.S. Vijay
Kumar (India), Anand Mohan Bian (India), Ratan Kumar Paul (India), Malik Allah
Bachaya (Pakistan), Teruhiko Kachi (Japan), Nasir Aziz (Pakistan), Jayanta
Chakrabarty (India), James O’Brien (United Kingdom).
Many
thanks to everyone sending us feedback, reports and comments on our broadcasts.
We are happy to have you part of the community of RRI listeners.
