It was a few days before the 93rd anniversary of the first broadcast of Vatican Radio, where, on February 12, 1931, Pope Pius
On February 12, 1931, Vatican Radio, the voice of the Pope, was established. On the 13th of the same month, World Radio Day is celebrated, which was declared by the member states of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, in 2011 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly the following year, 2012. The two occasions constitute an opportunity to contemplate the rich pages in the life of this medium, radio, which has witnessed great technological development but has always maintained its message, that is, reaching all ends of the earth and all its peoples.
“Listen, ye islands, listen, ye distant peoples,” these were the first words spoken by Pope Pius The one who announced this historic event was the inventor of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi, who said that the Pontiff of Rome, for about twenty centuries, has had the voice of his teaching heard in the world, but this is the first time that his voice can be received at the same moment on the entire surface of the Earth.
To contemplate this event, let us imagine how Pope Pius The Vatican, so the Supreme Pontiff goes to the hall that was equipped with audio equipment to direct his word to spread from this place to space, to history.
Let us go back to another day in the history of this means of communication, February 13, 1946. On that day, the first news bulletin was broadcast on United Nations Radio. As a reminder of this event, UNESCO declared February 13 World Radio Day.
It is worth noting that the theme of the World Day this year is “Radio: One Hundred Years of Information, Entertainment and Education.” In presenting this day for the year 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, wanted to highlight the focus of this year’s celebration, as it wrote in a message for this occasion published on the organization’s website that the focus is on the following aspects:
The historical imprint of radio in the fields of news, drama, music, sports, etc., and the strong influence it exercises over them.
The value of radio as a lasting utility, as a safe, fairly free, and portable tool that people use in emergency situations and when power goes out following natural and man-made disasters, such as storms, earthquakes, floods, extreme temperatures, forest fires, accidents, and wars.
The value of radio as a sustainable democratic tool, as it acts as a local body that stimulates disadvantaged groups within society to establish connections among themselves, especially immigrants, religious people, minorities and the poor, and gives immediate indicators of public opinion expressed in public places under the slogan of freedom of expression.
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2024-02-16 14:39:44
