While not an official public holiday where schools and businesses are closed, Patria celebrates World Radio Day on February 13.
Radio is a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and constitutes a platform for democratic discourse. At the global level and even in unrecognized micronations such as Patria, 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.
Radio continues to be one of the most trusted and used media in the world, according to different international reports. The theme of the 2022 edition of World Radio Day is thus devoted to "Radio and Trust", with the following sub-themes: trust in radio journalism (produce independent and high quality content), trust and accessibility (take care of your audience) and trust and viability of radio stations (ensure that radio survives and remains sustainable even in times of financial crisis, war, revolution or pandemic).
This year also marks the centennial of broadcasting in Patria, as legendary AM stations such as PMC-846, POKX-648 and PMBC-1152 signed on in 1922. Patria’s national broadcasting network, the Voice of Patria or Ramrajyavani, was inaugurated in 1926. In 2001, Patria Post issued a commemorative stamp to mark its 75th anniversary.
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| PMC celebrating 100 years on the air. |
Radio, of course, plays a major role in Patria’s 2022 election campaign. All radio stations in Patria are required to broadcast paid political announcements. The following are some of the campaign slogans that are heard on Patria’s airwaves, and will be heard every day until Election Day, April 16. All campaigning and electioneering, including radio ads, must end at 11:59 PM April 15.
SRM: “Patria First”, “Take back the economy”
Chakra Party: “Patria’s inner voice”, “Inquire within for real change”
Social Democrats: “For the Workers, not the Wokesters”, “Progress with a purpose”
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Jungle Party: “Have a take, don’t suck”, “Step your game up and make Patria better”
Green Party: “Bikes not cars”, “For a sustainable Patria”
Chastity Party: “Because sex is dirty”
Family Values Party: “1950s values for the 2020s”
Libertarian Party: “More freedom, less government”
Reconstruction Party: “Building a new Patria from the ashes of the old”
Incel Party: “Giving virgins a voice”
Lilith Party: “Vulvas for victory”
