World Radio Day

February 13 is World Radio Day. Jorge Álvarez, the chairman of the Academia Española de la Radio (Spanish Radio Academy), wrote to Kōichirō Matsuura, the director general of UNESCO, in January 2008 and proposed an international day to celebrate radio. On 3 November 2011, at its 36th session, UNESCO's General Conference proclaimed World Radio Day. February 13 was chosen as the date because United Nations Radio was established on 13 February 1946. The proclamation was formally endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 14 January 2013.

According to the official World Radio Day Web site, the goals of World Radio Day are:

• raising greater awareness among the public and the media of the importance of radio
• encouraging decision makers to establish and provide access to information through radio
• enhancing networking and international cooperation among broadcasters

One of the questions asked by United States census enumerators in 1930 was whether the household had a radio. All four of my grandparents were living in households with a radio.

1930 United States census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Ward 47, population schedule, enumeration district 16-743A, sheet no. 18A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

1930 United States census, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois,Ward 19, population schedule, enumeration district 16-722, sheet no. 21B. Available from Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

1930 United States census, St. Louis City, Missouri, Ward 14, population schedule, enumeration district 96-496, sheet no. 3A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

1930 United States census, St. Louis City, Missouri, Ward 8, population schedule, enumeration district 96-382, sheet no. 20A. Available from Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.

References
Proclamation of a World Radio Day
UN Officially Endorses World Radio Day
Why World Radio Day?
World Radio Day
World Radio Day 2015