World Radio Day 2021 - History & Significance

World Radio Day

Radio is a kind of an infinite existence till now. The infinity that has ruled over the past, ruling the present, and will rule the eternity future. It has been an integral part of our daily life with significance. We have used it as an entertainment, information provider, and re-creator of the purposes.

A Look Back At The Discovery

Radio is an electromagnetic wave of frequency technology. With the invention of the telephone and the telegraph, the inclusion of radio discovery created a buzz in that era. The wireless instrument created a sensation and speculation all around.

German physicist Heinrich HertzIn the year 1886 first studied and tested radio waves. However, later the practical radio frequency was transmitted and received an Italian named Guglielmo Marconi into years 1895-1986. Thus, radio was generally build as a commercial technology used around the year 1900.

ITSY – BITSY About The Existence

Though radio has tranced our lives with emotions. But we rarely appreciated its value and existence. While, Jorge Alvarez approached UNESCO to celebrate the World Radio Day globally. He was the Chairman of the institution of The Spanish Academy of Radio Arts & Science (also known as Academia Espanola de la Radio).
Mr. Alvarez convinced the members of UNESCO in 2008 to observe the services and recognize the work of radio. Radio has helped billions to spread peace, information on world news and situations as well as entertain us.

Thus, they acknowledged and designated the Spanish proposal. It was on 13th February 2011, UNESCO acknowledged radio to be a celebratory World Radio Day (WRD). In the year 2014, United Nations indorsed it as a thematic ‘occasional day.’

The Theme Of WRD For The Year 2021

The radio will be 110 years old. This year, UNESCO decided to keep the edition of WRD divided into three sub-themes – ‘Evolution, Innovation & Connection!

Evolution- The world has changed and there has been an evolution of radio. The term totally defines the resilience of the radio and the sustainability it has adapted itself.

Innovation –With the constant changes happening around the world, radio not only adapted rather has innovated itself even. It has innovated itself into new technologies like medium with mobility. This made radio to be accessible to everyone and everywhere.

Connection -With the change in the world, radio has made us all connected. This sub-theme highlights the services to our society like epidemics, socio-economic crises, and natural disasters.

Top Unknown Facts About Radio

The radio is a wireless technology with no wires attached, thus making it known as a wireless-telegraphy tool.
Also, the word broadcasting was originally took from the agricultural term that meant scattering of seeds.
James Clark Maxwell was the first person to predict the existence of radio waves in the 1860s.
The personalities named Nikola Tesla, Oliver Lodge, and Heinrich Hertz claim to invent the radio transmission before Marconi.
Marconi won Nobel Prize for ‘wireless telegraphy’ technology in the year 1909.
In 1903, Marconi validated President Roosevelt to send a radio message to Edward VII.
The UK Government introduced a radio license of 10shillings in the year 1922.
In the year 1922 to 1971, UK people could listen to the radio without having a license.

Conclusion

The main and the solitary purpose of World Radio Day (WRD) is to insist the world leaders support the medium of broadcasting. The medium to spread awareness and values and thoughtfulness of democracy around the world. However, the acknowledgment of the services provided by radio spreading awareness, entertainment, news information, and updates.