Radio Day
Radio Day (Russian: День радио Den' Radio), Communications Workers' Day (as it is officially known in Russia) or Radio and Television Day (Ден на радиото и телевизията, as it is known in Bulgaria) is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia. It takes place on May 7, the day in 1895 on which Alexander Popov successfully demonstrated his invention.
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[edit] 1895 demonstration and commemoration
In 1895, Popov gave the first public demonstration of radio as a tool before the Russian Physical and Chemical Society in St. Petersburg, using Sir Oliver Lodge's coherer as a lightning detector.
Popov has generally been recognized in Eastern Europe as an "inventor of radio", in contrast to the West's recognition of Tesla and, historically, Marconi. Popov's work on the emission and reception of signals by means of electromagnetic oscillations built upon Tesla's accomplishments demonstrated in 1893. Marconi received a patent for radio in 1896, but his apparatus was based on various earlier techniques of other researchers (primarily Tesla) and resembled instruments demonstrated by others (including Popov).
Radio Day was first observed in the Soviet Union in 1945, on the 50th anniversary of Popov's experiment, and some four decades after his death. Radio Day is officially marked in Russia and Bulgaria.
[edit] World Radio Day in Bangladesh
A meeting was held on 7 February 2012 at the conference room of Ministry of Information (MoI), Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka to discuss on the observance of World Radio day in Bangladesh 2012 in line with UNESCO’s declaration of 13th February as World Radio Day.
The meeting was organized by Ministry of Information, while Information Secretary Mr. Hedayetullah Al Mamun presided over the meeting. Mr.A.K.M Shamim Chowdhury, Director General of Bangladesh Radio presented the importance of World Radio Day and its goal, objectives, significance and the proposed activities during its observance in Bangladesh. Representatives from private Radio Channels, Community Radio, Bangladesh Betar and high-level Ministry officials attended in the meeting.
A "World Radio Day Observation National Committee" was formed to observe the day nationally. Mr.A.K.M Shamim Chowdhury is the Convener of the committee, while Ms. Reba Rani Shaha, Deputy Secretary (Radio) will act as member-secretary of the World Radio Day Observation National Committee.
It has been decided to organize a Seminar at Conference Room of Bangladesh Betar Shahbag Office on February and a Rally, which will be started from the same place at morning. Besides, 14 Community Radio Initiators in outside Dhaka decided to organize colorful rally and seminar on the occasion.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) has started advocacy process on observing the world radio day on 13 February 2012in collaboration with public service Broadcasting, Commercial broadcasting & Community Broadcasting at local and national level.
[edit] Radio Day in Malaysia
In 2009, an association for commercial radio stations in Malaysia, Commercial Radio Malaysia (CRM) chose to launch Malaysia Radio Day on September 9 to mark the once-in-a-lifetime date in the history of commercial radio.
[edit] World Radio Day
September 29th, 2011, UNESCO's Executive Board approved item 13 of its provisional agenda "Proclamation of a World Radio Day"
Following a request from the Academia Española de la Radio, on 20 September 2010 Spain proposed that the UNESCO Executive Board include an agenda item on the proclamation of a World Radio Day. The Executive's decision is as follows:
Recommends to the UNESCO General Conference that it proclaim a World Radio Day and that this Day be celebrated on 13 February, the day the United Nations established the concept of United Nations Radio;Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, professional associations and broadcasting unions, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to duly celebrate the World Radio Day, in the way that each considers most adequate;
Requests the Director-General, subject to the final resolution of the General Conference, to bring this resolution to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations so that World Radio Day may be endorsed by the General Assembly.
Read UNESCO's full World Radio Day proclamation here(PDF).
