World Radio Day 2023 | Radio and Peace

To celebrate World Radio Day 2023, a new PMA podcast explores how radio stations are being used to advance peace in Colombia and CAR.

Radio’s contribution towards peace in South Africa

SABC's radio services played a pivotal role in the peaceful transition from Apartheid in South Africa, writes Wynand Harmse, former SABC CEO.

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World Radio Day 2022

This year, the theme of World Radio Day is based around trust – a fitting theme which recognises radio’s prevalence in peoples’ lives.

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World Radio Day 2021

Evolution. Innovation. Connection: UNESCO could not have chosen more apt themes to celebrate the 10th edition of World Radio Day.

World Radio Day 2021

World Radio Day 2021

Radio continues to play a pivotal role in society wherever you live. We invite all PMA members to tell us about their innovations for this year's World Radio Day.

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World Radio Day: Radio and Diversity

To celebrate UNESCO's 9th World Radio Day, we explore some of the key public media initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion.

Insight | World Radio Day 2018

What is World Radio Day and how can you get involved? We interviewed UNESCO’s Media Development and Society Section Chief, Mirta Lourenco, to find out more.

World Radio Day: Forecasting radio’s role in extreme weather

The frequency of extreme weather events around the world looks set to increase, and World Radio Day gives pause to reflect on the medium’s key role in emergencies, and how it could be better

Radio days are here to stay

Despite being over a century old, radio has endured despite seismic technological shifts – and that's down to its simplicity and its reach, says the CBA's Sally-Ann Wilson on World Radio Day