When is World Radio Day?

Monday February 13th

Every year on February 13th, World Radio Day honors radio as the world's biggest mass media. Radio also helps foster diversity and create a more inclusive world. The day also acknowledges the importance of radio to promote plurality and create a more inclusive world.

World Radio Day - February 13

Marconi vs tesla

There has been a lot of controversy over who the radio's programmer really is over the years. Guglielmo Marconi and Nikolai Tesla are two men at the center of the discussion. d, Marconi is known for his wireless telegraphy experiments and his 1896 patent for wireless telegraphy. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Ltd was established by He also sent the first signals across the Atlantic Ocean, and Marconi Wireless Telegraph Ltd was also established. Tesla first demonstrated a wireless radio in 1893 and obtained his patent in the United States in 1900.

After repeated attempts to the US Patent Office, Marconi finally succeed in obtaining a patent in the United States in 1904, which is part of the reason for so much confusion. However, the United States Supreme Court overturned Marconi's patent in 1943 in favour of Tesla. Tesla never lived to hear the decision, but it did not live to hear the verdict. He died just a few months before.