{"id":51567,"date":"2022-01-19T10:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=51567"},"modified":"2022-01-19T10:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:45:04","slug":"unesco-world-radio-day-and-international-marconi-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/unesco-world-radio-day-and-international-marconi-day\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO World Radio Day and International Marconi Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Radio Taboo in Cameroon<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Grayhat, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the sponsorship of UNESCO, two “on air” events will take place February and April, 2022. The events will be the UNESCO World Radio Day and the International Marconi Day 2022<\/p>\n

World Radio Day<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

12 to 13 February 2022
\nfrom 00:00 UTC of 12 Feb to 23:59 UTC of Feb
\n(48 hours)<\/p>\n

International Marconi Day<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

23 to 25 April 2022
\nFrom 00:00 UTC of 23 Apr to 23:59 UTC of 25 Apr
\n(72 hours)<\/p>\n

For further information, click on the event names above.<\/p>\n

Thank you for the tip! I do note that UNESCO has yet to post details about WRD this year, but I believe they typically publish information only a couple of weeks before the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Grayhat, who writes: With the sponsorship of UNESCO, two “on air” events will take place February and April, 2022. The events will be the UNESCO World Radio Day and the International Marconi Day 2022 World Radio Day 12 to 13 February 2022 from 00:00 UTC of 12 Feb to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288,43],"tags":[7880,6990,1688],"class_list":["post-51567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","tag-grayhat","tag-international-marconi-day","tag-unesco-world-radio-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dpJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54625,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/grimeton-radio-station-broadcast-nov-16-2022-to-celebrate-unesco-50th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":51567,"position":0},"title":"Grimeton Radio Station broadcast Nov 16, 2022 to celebrate UNESCO 50th Anniversary","author":"Thomas","date":"November 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Alexander association) SAQ scheduled to air on November 16th, 2022. 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