About 150 public radio stations in Europe broadcast this Friday at 8:45 a.m. the song “Give Peace a Chance” against the war in Ukraine, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced on Thursday.
This famous piece (Give Peace a Chance), written by John Lennon, has been heard in more than 25 countries, including Ukraine, and private European radio stations have also joined this initiative, the European Union said. Broadcasting (EBU).
“The horrors of the war against Ukraine are more evident every day. Our solidarity, our humanity and our support are necessary”, declared Patricia Schlesinger, director of the Berlin regional radio RBB, at the origin of the project.
“Give Peace a Chance,” released in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band, was recorded in Montreal during John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono’s peace bed-in at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Founded in 1950, the EBU, headquartered in Geneva, is the world’s largest public service media alliance, with 113 members in 56 countries. She is known to the general public through her Eurovision Song Contest.
