[CA] World Radio Day 2017

·       World Radio Day is observed on February 13 to celebrate radio as a medium to promote and access information.

·       After originally proposed by the Kingdom of Spain, UNESCO in its 36th General Conference proclaimed World Radio Day on November 3, 2011. Later, it was adopted as an International Day by the United Nations General Assembly.

·       13 February is the anniversary of the day the United Nations established United Nations Radio in 1946.

·       The theme for the 2017 edition of World Radio Day is “Radio is You.”