{"id":608527,"date":"2026-04-15T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608527\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:19:10","slug":"a-local-radio-station-wants-to-see-your-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/608527\/","title":{"rendered":"A local radio station wants to see your flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 200 people and organisations have already expressed interest in an initiative, spearheaded by Calypso Radio, to set a national record for the number of flags displayed simultaneously on masts across Malta and Gozo.<\/p>\n<p>The event &#8211; called The National Flag Record &#8211; will take place on Sunday (April 19), and people are being asked to register their interest <a href=\"https:\/\/calypsomalta.com\/the-flag-record\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They can register their mast ahead of time to be\u00a0kept updated on the final tally.<\/p>\n<p>Calypso Radio said the\u00a0event is meant to serve as a nationwide celebration of the islands&#8217; heritage, and, although facilitated by the local station, &#8220;the true record-breakers will be the local enthusiasts and organisations taking to their rooftops&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Participants are free to raise a flag of their choice.<\/p>\n<p>In order for Malta Records to have an official number of flags raised, participants are being asked to post a photo of their flag in the comments section of a post that Calypso Radio 101.8 will put up on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CalypsoRadio101.8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook page<\/a> on Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are being asked to include their name and locality along with the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Malta Records will be monitoring the Facebook thread and counting every photo submitted that includes the required details to officially establish the new national record.<\/p>\n<p>The official record outcome will be announced on Calypso Radio on April 21 at 7.30am.<\/p>\n<p>More information on 2180 1403 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/26906632725605189\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e804c6dafb0d33bf31fd0d493f77daf0aa61c463-1776247856-ddfe9bc3-1920x1280.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\" title=\"Photo: Calypso Radio 101.8\" alt=\"Photo: Calypso Radio 101.8\"\/>Photo: Calypso Radio 101.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over 200 people and organisations have already expressed interest in an initiative, spearheaded by Calypso Radio, to set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-608527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}