2 February 2024 February 13 is World Radio Day (WRD) as proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an...
4 July 2022 In Paris this week UNESCO held an event that brought a broadcasting perspective to its media and information literacy agenda. Media Regulators and Broadcasting Unions...
4 November 2021 As part of the Remote Contribution theme of UNESCO’s ongoing Remote Radio Week, today there was a discussion on how to manage audio contributions from...
30 October 2021 A week devoted to helping radio stations broadcast remotely begins on Monday. The special week will bring a program of virtual events and talks from...
17 October 2021 Organized by UNESCO in partnership with WHO, Remote Radio Week is an online training programme aimed at building the capacity of local radio stations to...
2 September 2021 ABU and UNESCO have launched a new set of peace awards in the ABU Prizes, and entries are now open. The T4P Media Awards, which...
10 February 2021 As UNESCO prepares to celebrate the tenth anniversary od World Radio Day on February 13 with the theme “New World, New Radio”, here’s a...
17 January 2021 On February 13, UNESCO will be celebrating the 10th edition of World Radio Day (WRD), with the theme "New World, New Radio." The day was...
10 October 2020 As 11 million girls across the world face the prospect of not being able return to school this year due to COVID-19's unprecedented education...
10 May 2020 One positive of COVID-19 for radio has been the coming together of stations to support each other at what is a difficult time. We are seeing smaller...
16 February 2020 Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Radio Day with a localised theme that is largely in line with the global...
22 January 2020 This year on World Radio Day (WRD), UNESCO calls on radio stations to uphold diversity, both in their newsroom and on the airwaves. ...
29 October 2019 Media literacy has become very important, not just for broadcasters but also for their audiences. Karen Merkel from the UK National Commission for UNESCO introduced...
6 February 2019 The theme for this World Radio Day (WRD), to be observed this Wednesday February 13, is ‘Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace’. Now in its...
11 February 2018 Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of UNESCO advocates making radio more independent and pluralistic in her message for 7th World Radio Day, to be observed...
12 February 2017 UNESCO, jointly with the National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan organised an ‘Open Doors’ event for professionals and students from the journalism faculties...
12 February 2016 World Radio Day, is being celebrated all around the world today, Saturday February 13th. You can hear a live broadcast collaboration from stations all...
28 January 2016 This year, the UNESCO theme for World Radio Day (WRD) on February 13 is ‘Radio in Times of Emergency and Disaster’. WRD was...
26 February 2015 UNESCO’s Director-General, Irina Bokova, has denounced the killing of Philippines radio journalist Maurito Lim and called on the authorities to investigate the case. 71-year old...
14 February 2014 Radio programmers were reminded to give women a stronger voice as the industry marked World Radio Day on Thursday. The annual event which began in...
9 January 2014 Gender equality and women's empowerment will be the theme for UNESCO's World Radio Day, which returns on February 13. As well as promoting radio as...