Every year the world wide radio industry celebrates its own international day.

February 13th is World Radio Day.

Proclaimed in 2011 by UNESCO Member States and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as International Day of the United Nations, February 13 became World Radio Day (WRD).

CEO of Australia’s Commercial Radio and Audio body, Lizzie Young has a WRD message about the enduring importance of radio. She told radioinfo’s Steve Ahern:

“Unlike lots of other media platforms, radio is unique. It’s local in a way that others can’t be.

“It’s trusted with news and information services that are fact checked… it offers the counter to misinformation and disinformation with local trusted information… radio plays an active role for communities in times of need.”

radioinfo is a partner with World Radio Day. As a partner gift, we are giving you a free chapter from Steve Ahern’s text book, Making Radio.  Download it here.

A message from AMARC International Chairman for World Radio Day.

In an era marked by the dizzying speed of technological innovation and the rapid obsolescence of one shiny new platform after another, Radio is beginning its second century of service, as one of the most dependable and widely utilized forms of media in the world.  

See what your colleagues around the world are doing on UNESCO’s interactive world map.

Maybe call them and talk to them on air to link several stations together during this year’s WRD.

This year’s WRD theme is Radio and Climate Change.