Radio Day is marked on May 7
The 7th of May is Radio Day. On that day in 1895 Russian physicist Alexander Popov held a radio communication session which initiated the rapid development of wireless technologies. Mass radio broadcasting developed in the 1920s and TV evolved about 30 years later.
As a result, Radio Day is not only celebrated by people employed in all communication branches or creators of on-air programmes but also by millions of radio listeners and TV viewers.
In spite of strong competition on the part of the new electronic media, the radio has turned out to be surprisingly resilient. Informational, analytical or artistic content reproduced by human voice is still much in demand with listeners.