Grenada today joined countries around the globe in observing World Radio Day and Petra Louison has been following the story.
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World radio day focuses on terrestrial radio as a way of educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression across cultures.
The theme for World Radio Day 2023 is ‘Radio and Peace’, looking at the role of radio as an independent medium of peace-making.
World radio day was proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012 as an international day.
It’s observed to spread awareness on the importance of radio as a medium to inform, educate and entertain.
Radio is uniquely positioned to bring communities together and promote positive dialogue for change and where social media and audience fragmentation may create ‘media bubbles’ of like-minded people, radio can still bring people together.
In Grenada, the movement and development of people have long been dependent on Radio, moving from 1 entity in the 1970’s to about 24 over four decades later and a regulatory commission that effects operating guidelines.
