World Radio Day at Czech Radio
Thursday February 13 has been established as World Radio Day and therefore Czech Radio for the third time arranged a special programme including two unique Minute Plays, interesting guests, reports and exclusive look blind the scene of radio.
Two so called Minute Plays „From the Heart“ and “Red Light” have been produced, both dealing with the topic of radio. These short forms were broadcast on all stations of Czech Radio.
Czech Radio Radiožurnál station welcomed the director general of Czech Radio, Mr. Peter Duhan, who talked with the station´s host Lucie Výborná about the future of Czech Radio and much more.
Czech Radio Dvojka dedicated its morning show to the World Radio Day and asked the listeners about their listening habits and childhood memories of radio.
Rádio Junior, Czech Radio´s station for children, dedicated its evening show to the World Radio Day. Young listeners have been told about how the radio works and what kinds of professions are typical for it. They have learned about the typical work of radio host, music editor, sound engineer etc.
World Radio Day was also the main topic of the morning show of Radio Wave, the youth station of Czech Radio. The listeners could for instance enjoy the report about the phenomenon of pirate radios.
The broadcasting of Czech Radio regional stations has also been dedicated to this event celebrating the radio as a traditional and irreplaceable form of mass media.
UNESCO’s Executive Board recommended to the General Conference the proclamation of World Radio Day, on the basis of a feasibility study undertaken by UNESCO, further to a proposal from Spain. Radio is the mass media reaching the widest audience in the world. It is also recognized as a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium. Radio is specifically suited to reach remote communities and vulnerable people: the illiterate, the disabled, women, youth and the poor, while offering a platform to intervene in the public debate, irrespective of people’s educational level. Furthermore, radio has a strong and specific role in emergency communication and disaster relief.
The date of 13 February, the day the United Nations radio was established in 1946, was proposed by the Director-General of UNESCO. The objectives of the Day will be to raise greater awareness among the public and the media of the importance of radio; to encourage decision makers to establish and provide access to information through radio; as well as to enhance networking and international cooperation among broadcasters.
Mgr. Tereza M. Krásenská
Spokesperson of Czech Radio
Phone: +420 221 551 221
E-mail: tereza.krasenska@rozhlas.cz