Bahá'í Chronology: 1984-03-21-00

date	event	locations	tags	firsts
1984 Naw-Rúz	The inauguration of Radio Bahá'í of Bolivia on the medium-wave band at Caracollo, Bolivia. Construction of the new station and its associated Teaching Institute was completed in January 1984 and inaugurated on March 21, the Baha’i new year Naw-Ruz. [Mess63-86p619] A country-wide radio production and broadcasting programme began in 1983 as prelude to opening of the station. [BW18p111] The radio station reaches a region in Bolivia and Peru encompassing more than four hundred Local Spiritual Assemblies. Its mission is the socioeconomic development of the indigenous Bahá'ís in that region. Farsheed Ferdowsi and his brothers provided partial funding for this project in memory of their father, Fatollah Ferdowsi. To their pleasant surprise, the National Spiritual Assembly of Bolivia decided to name the Teaching Institute after him. [The Ferdowsi Institute] [key]	Caracollo; Bolivia	Bahai radio; Teaching Institutes; Bahai-owned radio