On 13 February 2019, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) celebrated the 8th edition of World Radio Day.
About:
Day of Observance: World Radio Day is observed every year on the 13th of February, coinciding with the anniversary of the United Nations Radio, the United Nation's international broadcasting service which was established on February 13, 1946.
Background: The day was proclaimed on 3rd November 2011 by UNESCO's 36th General Conference. World Radio Day was first celebrated in 2012.
Objective: To celebrate radio as a forum for information and entertainment, as a bridge of communication for remote communities and its role in empowering people.
Theme of World Radio Day 2019: Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace.
World Radio Day Quotes:
Radio is the theatre of the mind; television is the theatre of the mindless. - Steve Allen.
In radio, you have two tools. Sound and silence. - Ira Glass.
The power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions. - Hallie Flanagan.
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