World Radio Day

February 12, 2015

February 13 is World Radio Day, a day to celebrate radio as a medium; to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radios alike to promote access to information, free, independent and pluralistic media.

UNESCO, the World Association of Community Broadcasters (AMARC) and all the stakeholders; public services, mainstream and community media, will celebrate the fourth edition of World Radio Day on February 13, 2015. This year, the theme is “Youth and Radio”. It's an important opportunity to evaluate the contribution of young people in the radio sector with the goal of increasing their participation along three levels:

* Youth-targeted programming
* Programmes produced by young people
* Programming devised and produced by young people

The organizers have proposed some subthemes that are designed to offer a wide array of opportunities for discussion and to lend themselves to interesting and informative programming. Here are some examples:

* The elimination of stereotypes and prejudice in the portrayal of young people in the media.
* Improving the security of young journalists, especially freelancers and fixers in conflict and disaster zones.
* The impact of young people on community radio (education, acculturation, coverage of conflicts not being covered by the wider media, emergency and humanitarian crises, etc).
* The link between the accessibility of information through radio amongst young people and the sustainable development of communities.

This is a special day to remember why we love radio, celebrate its unique power to bring people together all over the globe and share it with the world. To mark this important day, AMARC invites you to share your youth-related programmes via We Transfer to secretariat@si.amarc.org.

AMARC will give international visibility to all the information and programmes received.

On February 13, let’s celebrate radio together! Thank you for your participation!



About the WRD

The decision to declare February 13th the World Radio Day was adopted by UNESCO following a proposal by the Spanish Academy of Radio and a consultation process supported by the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC). Please find further information on the UNESCO website and on the World Radio Day web page.

Objectives

The main objectives of the World Radio Day are to raise the understanding among the public of the value of radio, including in the context of new media, and the importance of actively supporting radio; to encourage decision-makers to support, establish and provide access to radio and to provide a networking focus for radio proponents and practitioners worldwide, to exchange ideas, experiences and resources.


For more information contact:
World Radio Day
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Website: www.amarc.org