Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This study aims to identify the key topics covered by cultural programs on Radio Bahrain, both in traditional and digital broadcasting formats. It also aims to highlight the elements of cultural identity reflected in these radio programs from 1990 to 2024, including aspects such as language, traditional and folk arts, music, and more.</jats:p> <jats:p>The study also emphasizes the role of both traditional and digital broadcasting in shaping the cultural identity of listeners across different age groups. Undoubtedly, the youth demographic stands at the forefront of cultural content creators’ intellectual focus, as it has a significant impact on the young radio audience.</jats:p> <jats:p>Another key objective of this study is to examine the nature of audience participating in those programs and their scientific and cultural classification, and the researcher has taken in this study for himself a line aimed at clarifying the extent of the commitment of Radio Bahrain to emphasize the producers and presenters of cultural programs to adopt the classical Arabic language during the dialogues they conduct within their programs, especially with the keenness of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain in its second article to indicate the official language of the country, where that article clarified that (the religion of the state is the Islam and Islamic Sharia is major source for legislation and its official language is Arabic) and whether the presenters and producers of programs adopted a culture of opinion and other opinion and promoted culture of democracy among the audience of radio listeners in Bahrain.</jats:p>