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The oldest electronic media that originated in the 19th
century is celebrating today. At the suggestion of UNESCO, February 13 -
the birthday of the UN radio in 1946, was chosen for the World Day of
the radio. The Bulgarian National Radio, which recently celebrated its
78th anniversary, also joins in the celebration. Created in the
mid-1930s, over the decades it has been carrying its strong social and
cultural message and tradition. With its two national programs "Horizon"
and "Hristo Botev", its foreign service for international audiences
Radio Bulgaria International, with eight regional radio stations and its
multimedia platform BINAR and of course, with its musical ensembles,
today it is one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in this
country.
The history of Radio Bulgaria began in 1936 – initially with
broadcasts in Bulgarian, then in Esperanto. A year later it launched
regular broadcasts in French, German, English and Italian. The broadcast
in Italian for example were prepared by Petar Uvaliev - later a
legendary figure in the BBC, an intellectual with encyclopedic
interests. "This radio seemed quite incredible”, said in an interview for Radio Bulgaria Uvaliev in his lifetime. “It
was born to convince us that it was at the hub of space and eliminated
all borders because our voices soared in the radio ether. We were young
boys back then, maybe not quite mature enough, but we were talking to
someone beyond. As the world was then stubbornly divided into enemies,
the radio airwaves spread across the trenches of hate, radio was
teaching us not to hate..."
(Source : Radio Bulgaria)
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