RADIO REMAINS POWERFUL TOOL TO UNITE COMMUNITY, SAY UN SECRETARY GENERAL

‘Radio reaches the widest audience in the world. In an era of dramatic advances in communications, radio retains its power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire. It can unite and empower communities, and give voice to the marginalized’.,Guterres said

The Secretary General pointed out that, this year, with the Winter Olympics now under way, ‘we also recognize the many ways in which sports broadcasting brings people together around excitement and achievement.

He emphasized that, on World Radio Day, there is need to celebrate both radio and sports as ways of helping people achieve their full potential.