Friday, February 11, 2011

80th anniversary of Vatican Radio - looking to the future

Vatican Radio celebrates its 80th anniversary this Saturday. Since being set up by Guglielmo Marconi in 1931, the station has been as a beacon for transmitting the message of the Church during the rise of Fascism, World War II, and the Cold War. Yesterday evening, a special conference on the 80th anniversary was hosted by the Vatican Museums. The keynote address was given by a special representative of the Secretariat of State, Monsignor Peter Bryan Wells.

The address focused on the need for Vatican Radio to use the newest communication tools from the podcast to the iPad, from social networks like Facebook, to micro-blogging platforms like Twitter. The new means of communication are to be thought of as interlocutors, not as competitors said Monsignor Wells. He said that radio should look on new media as an opportunity, not as a threat.

(Source : Media Network Weblog) 

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