Close Ties, United Voices - Radio documentary
The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014. Radio Romania is an associate member of ABU.
Articol de Nadia Hume, Tracee Hutchison / Radio Australia, 24 Iulie 2014, 21:53
The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2014.
The union is driven by the Asia Pacific values of harmony and collaboration to promote the collective interests of 260 television and radio broadcast members from 63 countries.
Fifty years ago it was the vision of Mr Yoshinori Maeda, then President of the Japanese broadcaster NHK, to create a broadcasting union that would unite Asia and the Pacific.
In its first year seventeen national broadcasters representing countries as diverse as India, Vietnam, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, Western Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand signed up as full members and the ABC hosted the inaugural ABU General Assembly in Sydney in November 1964.
Audio: Listen to the radio documentary "Close Ties, United Voices: Broadcasting in the Asia Pacific Over 50 Years".
Charles Moses and Yoshinori Maeda (central) with delegates at the inaugural ABU General Assembly in 1964. (Credit: ABC)
The ABU promotes the Asia-Pacific values of harmony and collaboration. (Credit: ABC)
