United Nations Radio

United Nations Radio was the United Nations’ radio service, established in 1946 to produce and distribute news and programming about the organization’s work.

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United Nations News: The United Nations’ news operation, which reports on the organization’s work through digital, audio, video, and print formats. Radio’s reporting function continues within the UN’s broader news operation.
United Nations: An intergovernmental organization founded in 1945 to maintain international peace and security and promote cooperation among states. United Nations Radio was created to communicate this organization’s work.
United Nations Security Council: The UN organ charged with maintaining international peace and security, with power to adopt binding decisions. Security Council deliberations were among the proceedings international radio coverage could explain.
International broadcasting: Radio and television programming transmitted across national borders to audiences in other countries. United Nations Radio was an institutional example of broadcasting beyond national audiences.
United Nations Webcast: The UN’s online service for live and on-demand video coverage of meetings and events. Webcasts deliver UN proceedings visually, unlike the radio service’s audio broadcasts.
United Nations Charter: The 1945 treaty that established the United Nations and sets out its purposes, principles, and structure. The Charter’s commitments supplied the institutional subject of the service’s programming.
United Nations General Assembly: The UN’s main deliberative body, where all member states have representation and one vote. Assembly debates and resolutions supplied recurring material for UN broadcasts.
Voice of America: The United States government’s international broadcasting service, launched in 1942. It offers a national-government counterpart to the UN’s intergovernmental broadcasting mission.
Shortwave radio: Radio transmission using high-frequency waves that can travel long distances by reflecting from the ionosphere. Shortwave offered a way to distribute UN broadcasts across national borders.
United Nations Conference on International Organization: The 1945 San Francisco conference where delegates negotiated and signed the United Nations Charter. The conference preceded the organization whose work the radio service would publicize.