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World Radio Day

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Summary

World Radio Day is a world day[1]. It draws 226 Wikipedia views per month (world day category, ranking #68 of 248).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: radio station[3]
  • Commons category: World Radio Day[4]
  • Commemorates: radio station[5], radio broadcasting[6]
  • Inception: 2012[7]
  • Organizer: United Nations[8]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: February 13[9]
  • Official website: http://www.diamundialdelaradio.org[10], http://www.worldradioday.org/[11], https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldradioday[12], https://www.un.org/en/observances/radio-day[13]
  • Described at URL: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N12/486/07/PDF/N1248607.pdf?OpenElement[14]
  • Native label: World Radio Day[15]
  • Event interval: 1 years[16]

Why It Matters

World Radio Day has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . news.un.org. news.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Cassiuso · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of promulgation → —
    Sitelink count → 39
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Date of promulgation: 18 December 2012"
  2. 9w ago · 1VeertjeBot · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Event interval → {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Event interval: 1 year"
  3. 10w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.diamundialdelaradio.org, http://www.worldradioday.org/, https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldradioday +1
    Commemorates → radio station, radio broadcasting
    Named after → radio station
    Organizer → United Nations
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ Official website: http://www.diamundialdelaradio.org, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×1). See [[Wikidata:Requests_for_permissions/Bot/Willia"
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