Radio Day

Radio Day
Radio Day
Also calledCommunications Workers' Day (in Russia), Radio and Television Day (Ден на радиото и телевизията, in Bulgaria)
Observed bySoviet Union, Russia, Bulgaria
Date7 May
Next time7 May 2025 (2025-05-07)
Frequencyannual

Radio Day[1] (Russian: День радио, Den' Radio), Communications Workers' Day (as it is officially known in Russia) or Radio and Television Day (Bulgarian: Ден на радиото и телевизията, as it is known in Bulgaria) is a commemoration of the development of radio in Russia. It takes place on 7 May, the day in 1895 on which Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrated a radio based lightning detector.

  1. ^ "Radio Day". SPbETU “LETI”. Retrieved 2019-05-08.