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  • International broadcasters reflect on their mission on World Radio Day

    International broadcasters reflect on their mission on World Radio Day

    On February 13 we celebrated World Radio Day, this year under the UNESCOs slogan “Radio and Peace”, highlighting the role radio stations play as pillars of for conflict prevention and building peace.



    Exploring this topic in the broader context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine was a debate hosted by Radio Prague International, attended by journalists from Polskie Radio, Radio Canada International, SwissInfo and Radio Romania International.






    You can listen to the full debate at the link below:


    https://english.radio.cz/reporting-ukraine-spotlight-world-radio-day-8774978

  • World Radio Day 2023 – your contributions

    World Radio Day 2023 – your contributions

    Hi everyone,






    We’re still getting a lot of feedback and
    messages marking World Radio Day from listeners around the world.




    Clearly, this year’s UNESCO theme Radio and
    Peace has strung a cord with many of our listeners, who themselves engaged in
    spreading the message of hope and peace.




    For instance, Jamir Ameel, president of Radio
    Romania International Online Visitors Club in Pakistan, wrote in saying The
    importance of World Radio Day is that it helps people to understand the power
    of radio as a device that can unite the people, educate them. Our listener
    also enclosed the two postcards below.

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    Also from Pakistan, Malik Allah Bachaya Khokhar
    representing the Sungat Radio Listeners Club was the recipient of a special
    certificate bestowed to him in recognition of his contributing to this year’s
    WRD theme as well for his interest in DX-ing. We are very happy to share it
    with you.

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    Rabi Sankar Bosu, who is the founder and
    president of New Horizon Radio Listeners’ Club (NHRLC), an independent think-tank
    on global affairs, based in West Bengal, India, also wrote to congratulate RRI
    on its efforts to celebrate the 12th UNESCO World Radio Day in its
    programmes. It’s really encouraging to see that in these times of uncertainty,
    the leadership of RRI has affirmed radio’s role in assisting to reduce
    tensions, preventing conflicts and fostering peace by acting as a tool for
    humanitarian communication, our listener writes, also enclosing the two cards
    below.

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    Also from India, Prithwiraj Purkayastha wrote in
    to say Happy World Radio Day 2023, sending us the card below.

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    And finally, Paul Jamet of France informed us
    about a very interesting initiative of a New York-based broadcast engineer
    meant to raise funds for war-torn Ukraine and also encourage radio listening.
    All the details in the link Paul enclosed.


    https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/portable-radios-successfully-delivered-to-ukraine-local-fundraising-continues




    A warm thank you to everyone who contributed to
    making this year’s WRD celebration so successful!




    73

  • World Radio Day 2023 on RRI

    World Radio Day 2023 on RRI

    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.