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Radios in the Gulf region celebrate World Radio Day 2021
Each year on February 13 UNESCO celebrate the World Radio Day Proclaimed in 2011 by the Member States of UNESCO and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an International Day the World Radio Day WRD celebrates radio as a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constitutes a platform for democratic discourse
At the global level radio remains the most widely consumed medium This unique ability to reach out the widest audience means radio can shape a societys experience of diversity stand as an arena for all voices to speak out be represented and heard Radio stations should serve diverse communities offering a wide variety of programs viewpoints and content and reflect the diversity of audiences in their organizations and operations
On the occasion of World Radio Day 2021 WRD 2021 UNESCO calls on radio stations to celebrate this events 10th anniversary and the more than 110 years of radio
This edition of WRD is placed under the theme New World New Radio Evolution Innovation Connection
EVOLUTION The world changes radio evolves
This subtheme refers to the resilience of the radio to its sustainability
INNOVATION The world changes radio adapts and innovate
Radio has had to adapt to new technologies to remain the goto medium of mobility accessible everywhere and to everyone
CONNECTION The world changes radio connects
This subtheme highlights radios services to our societynatural disasters socioeconomic crises epidemics etc
UNESCO GCC and Yemen office proposed to its partners in Kuwait Qatar and Yemen two activities to celebrate this year edition
Activity 1 Social Media Campaign What does radio mean to you UNESCO invites radio listeners to register themselves on an up to 2 minutes videos or audio recording explaining how the use of radio has impacted or not their lives in the recent years and especially in the COVID 19 era
Activity 2 The evolution of radio in the Gulf through the eyes of a senior radio professional UNESCO invites senior radio professionals from the Gulf region to share their experience with radio and how its use audience and way of working has changed throughout the years Those personal narratives will be converted into webarticles that will be shared online on the UNESCO GCC and Yemen website as well as on its social media
