Friday Five - World Radio Day 2-13-2022

Follow and join the conversation with #WorldRadioDay.

According to UNESCO (@UNESCO), “Radio is a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constitutes a platform for democratic discourse. At the global level, radio remains the most widely consumed medium. This unique ability to reach out the widest audience means radio can shape a society’s experience of diversity, stand as an arena for all voices to speak out, be represented and heard. Radio stations should serve diverse communities, offering a wide variety of programs, viewpoints and content, and reflect the diversity of audiences in their organizations and operations. ” HealthcareNow Radio shares the latest news about our station and its shows, and how you too can be part of the World Radio Day Celebration on February 13, 2022.

Healthcare Now Radio

HealthcareNOW Radio happens to be celebrating its 10th birthday this week. We are an Internet radio station and podcast network operated and produced as part of Answers Media Network. The station streams programming 24/7 which you can listen to on any device. The station offers interviews, and commentary from industry leaders in healthcare and health information technology, as well as originally produced programming hosted by industry leaders.

Our listening stats:

Our live streaming radio station averages over 40,000 listeners per month.
We hit over 1.5 million listeners since our station debut!

Our shows:

Find our shows currently airing on HealthcareNOW Radio – Programs Page
Listen to our 24/7 streaming internet radio station – healthcarenowradio.airtime.pro
Subscribe to our feeds on all the popular streaming outlets.

NEW EPISODES: #HCLeadershipExperience @viehealthcare, #HealthUnaBASHEd @Gil_Bashe, #HCupsidedown @ecgmc, #ThisJustInRadio @HITAdvisor, #TheVirtualShift @FoleyTom, Healthcare IT Today @Colin_Hung @techguy & more #ICYMI #HarlowOnHC @healthblawg https://t.co/OMlVz3fsiz pic.twitter.com/Q8dZY9VXhY

— HealthcareNOWradio (@HCNowRadio) February 9, 2022

Trade Associations Around the World Launch the World Radio Alliance

On the occasion of World Radio Day and at the initiative of egta, 14 trade associations in Europe, the USA, Canada and Australia, are joining forces to form the World Radio Alliance. This worldwide group of trade bodies representing radio companies and sales houses will widely promote and demonstrate the power and value of radio/audio in the media landscape by sharing best practices and speaking with a unified voice.

Ahead of #WorldRadioDay, #BauerMediaAudio has joined forces with 14 radio trade associations from Europe, USA🇺🇸, Canada🇨🇦 and Australia🇦🇺 to form the @WRadioAlliance. A new group to promote the power of #radio ➡️ https://t.co/544xYrg3z5.

— Bauer Media Group (@BauerMediaGroup) February 10, 2022

World Radio Day 2022 Theme – Radio and Trust

UNESCO encourages all radio stations to plan and take part in this global event by organizing original activities related to the theme “Radio and Trust.” Make the themes of the day your own:

Trust in radio journalism
Trust and accessibility
Trust and sustainability of radio stations

In radio we trust: The role of technical standards

According to The International Telecommunication Union globally, consumers are more likely to trust television and radio as relevant news sources compared to newspapers and magazines, according to recent Ipsos polling on trust in media and institutions.

In radio we trust: The role of technical standards https://t.co/qFOBAmktaC #WorldRadioDay pic.twitter.com/HyDgifLvcA

— Int’l Telecommunication Union (@ITU) February 10, 2022

13 Ideas to Celebrate

Check out this list of ideas from UNESCO to celebrate World Radio Day. Some ideas include: planning your program around this year’s them, creating a quiz or survey for listeners about radio (see below) and its history, sharing pictures of your studio and hosts in action, physically or virtually opening the doors to your studio and more.