Language Radio Stations

This is a list of radio stations that broadcast in the Chinese language.

Mainland China

China Radio International (CRI)

China Radio International is a government controlled media outlet that broadcasts primarily news in various languages such as Mandarin Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and many other languages.

On the English channel, the typical programs include China Drive, Frontline, Voices from Other Lands, and many other programs. The weather is typically announced only for Beijing and Shanghai in China and New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, London, Sydney, Toronto, Cairo, and Nairobi.

On the Chinese channel, the typical programs include Tang Ren Jie and others. The weather is typically announced for cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Guilin, Ürümqi, Xi'an, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taipei. International cities weather is usually announced for New York, Washington, Seattle, Sydney, Bangkok, London, Paris, Madrid, Cairo, Nairobi, and others.

In Beijing, China Radio International can be heard at 88.7 MHz FM and 91.5 MHz FM and some other frequencies.

Beijing Radio Stations

Most Beijing radio stations are controlled by the Beijing Broadcasting Network, owner of the bjradio.com.cn website. For most of the stations listed, only internet streaming was available, although some of the stations can be received through radio frequencies such as 97.4 MHz FM, which was the music channel. Other Beijing radio stations include China Radio International's Easy FM on 88.7 MHz FM and 91.5 MHz FM.

Guangdong Radio Stations

Guangdong is home to Radio Guangdong and many other radio stations. The following list (incomplete) contains a sampling of what you'll find on the dial when in Guangdong. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Harbin Radio Stations

Harbin Economy Radio controls two of the radio stations in Harbin. All of the radio stations only broadcast in Mandarin Chinese, although there are some in the area that also broadcast in the Russian language based on the high Russian population of Harbin. As of 2006, live streaming is not yet available.

Lhasa Radio Stations

Lhasa's radio stations are controlled by the Lanzhou Radio group. As of 2006, live streaming is not available.

Nanjing Radio Stations

Nanjing's radio stations are primarily controlled by the Nanjing Television Broadcast Group. The channels contain a variety of programming including local news, business, sports, a kids channel, traffic, and music. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Shanghai Radio Stations

The Shanghai Media Group, part of the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group conglomerate controls a fair number of radio stations in Shanghai. The radio stations broadcast local news, traffic, music (popular, classical, and light), and a variety of other programs. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Shenzhen Radio Stations

Shenzhen Radio Station controls four of several radio stations in Shenzhen. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Tianjin Radio Stations

Tianjin's radio stations are controlled by the Tianjin People's Broadcasting Station with a variety of programs including news, traffic, music and others. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Urumqi Radio Stations

Ürümqi's radio stations are controlled by the Urumqi People Broadcasting Station group. There is a limited amount of programs available, however, one station broadcasts in Uyghur, while the rest broadcast in Mandarin. Live streaming is available if you go to their official website.

Xi'an Radio Stations

Xi'an's radio stations are controlled by the Shaanxi Radio group. Programs include news, music, and fashion on at least seven radio stations. Live streaming is available on the official website of the Shaanxi Radio Group.

Canada

There is all but one station with full-time Chinese radio programming. Most are multicultural stations with Chinese programming at a select time slot during the broadcasting day. (This table doesn't included any campus radios with Chinese Programs or any multicultural stations which "Chinese Music slot" is all their Chinese Program)

Europe

France

• Radio France Internationale [1]
• Radio Mandarin d'Europe [2]

Germany

• Deutsche Welle [3]

Romania

• Radio Romania International [4]

Russia

• Voice of Russia [5]

United Kingdom

• Spectrum Radio| [6] The Only Daily Chinese Radio in the United Kingdom since 1990. Broadcasting from London on DAB Spectrum Radio and online – Daily Cantonese broadcast 18:00–19:00, and daily Mandarin broadcast 19:00–20:00
• British Broadcasting Corporation [7]
• BBC GMR Eastern Horizon [8] The UK's first local Chinese radio service since 1983 – Was broadcast every Sunday 19.00–21.00.
• BBC Merseyside Orient Express [9] Mondays 21.00–22.00
• London Chinese Radio [10] is an online community radio station in London run by volunteers, and is a registered charity. Most programmes are in Mandarin, and past programmes are available for download.

Vatican

• Vatican Radio [11]

Hong Kong

• D100 Radio broadcasts via internet at http://www.d100.net and telephone line Tel. +852 1831 100.
• Commercial Radio Hong Kong broadcasts at 88.1 FM (talk), 90.3 FM (Cantonese pop, youth), and 864 AM (English).
• Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited consists of 3 radio channels: Metro Finance (FM104), Metro Showbiz (FM99.7) and Metro Plus (AM 1044).
• Digital Broadcasting Corporation has 7 channels broadcasting on DAB+ and on Now TV in Hong Kong: DBC 1 Digital Loud, DBC 2 Digital Family, DBC 3 Digital Money, DBC 4 Digital Wave, DBC 5 Digital We, DBC 6 Digital Melody and DBC 7 Digital Opera.
• Phoenix Television currently has one channel broadcasting on DAB+: URadio, with two more stations proposed.
• Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK):

Indonesia

See Indonesian Chinese

Jakarta

• Chakrawala Guangbo Dian Tai, 98.3 MHz FM: All daytime and prime time broadcasting is in Chinese, except for advertising talk shows all in Indonesian and some minor Indonesian and English talk shows. At late night, a show called Cakrawala Dini Hari is broadcast in Indonesian aiming at young Chinese who are not able to speak Chinese.
• Sunday Mandarin PAS FM, 92.4 MHz FM: PAS FM is a daily business and economic radio station. But some years ago, they decided to use their Sunday slot to broadcast in Chinese. The show is mainly about music, movies and the Chinese world entertainment industry. The whole show is broadcast in Chinese with some Indonesian translation.

Bandung

• Mei-Sheng Guangbo Dian Tai, 92.1 MHz FM

Medan

• Mix FM, 90.8 MHz FM
• City Radio, 95.9 MHz FM - Your Lifestyle and Business Radio Station

Serving Musics: Adult Contemporary, Pop, Slow Rock, Mandarin, Oldies, Classical, Hokkien, etc.
Listen online via http://www.cityradio959fm.co.id or through BlackBerry(r) via http://www.cityradio959fm.co.id/blackberry

Batam

• Era Baru FM, 106.5 MHz FM Era Baru FM: The format of the station is similar to the above-mentioned Chakrawala Guangbo Dian Tai. The government of the People's Republic of China once sent a protest note to the Indonesian government accusing the radio station for promoting Falun Gong in Batam.

Surabaya

• Global Mandarin, Global FM, 90.75 MHz FM, Global FM: Global FM broadcasts Chinese content eight hours daily from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. called Global Mandarin.

• Strato Hua Yu Guangbo Dian Tai, 101.9 FM

Listen online: www.stratofm.com Facebook page: www.facebook.com/stratofm Program: 1. Strato de Tian Kong 2. Huan Le Qing Chun 3. Hao Ge Chu Chu Wen 4. Huai Nian Jin Qu 5. Yong Heng Zhi Ge

Semarang

• PAS FM (Sunday Mandarin) 106.00 Specially This day.. Broadcast In Indonesian-Chinese

Palembang

• El John Radio, 95.9 MHz FM: Broadcasts are 50 percent in Chinese and 50 percent in Indonesian.^[1]
• Sonora, 92.6 MHz FM: There is a one hour Mandarin slot everyday.^[1]

Pangkal Pinang

• El John Radio, 88.5 MHz FM

Pontianak

• Primadona FM, 99.1 MHz FM: Broadcasts are 30 percent in Chinese and 70 percent in Indonesian.^[2]

Africa

Mauritius

• Radio Maurice link

South Africa

• ArrowLine Chinese Radio (www.ArrowLineRadio.com) is on AM 1269 in Johannesburg

Kenya

• China Radio International is at 91.9 MHz FM in Nairobi.

Macau

• Rádio Macau broadcasts in Cantonese on FM 100.7 MHz (and in Portuguese on FM 98.0 MHz). The Cantonese stream is available online on their website www.tdm.com.mo.
• Radio Vilaverde Lda broadcasts in Cantonese at AM 738 kHz. Live streaming is available online on their website www.am738.com.

Malaysia

All channels shown below provides online streaming

• 988 FM, www.988.com.my
• Ai FM, www.aifm.my
• One FM, www.onefm.com.my
• My FM, www.my.com.my
• Melody FM, www.melody.com.my

Singapore

All channels shown below provides online streaming

• 883 JIA FM, www.883jia.com.sg
• Y.E.S. 93.3FM, www.yes933.sg
• Capital 95.8FM, www.capital958.sg
• Love 97.2FM, www.love972.sg
• Radio 1003, www.radio1003.com

Taiwan

• BCC is the largest radio network company in Taiwan.
• Radio Taiwan International broadcasts news about Taiwan in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Spanish, French, and many other languages.
• KISS Radio plays mostly Chinese popular music and English top 40. Live streaming is available from the official website.
• Hit Fm in Taiwan also plays Chinese popular music and live streaming is available from the official website.
• ICRT is Taiwan's only national English-language station.

WorldHeritage's Taiwan Radio Station Table (in Chinese)

United States

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• OpenSkyRadio 三藩市灣區網上電台
• Chinese Radio Seattle. (M-F 9:00pm–12:00am AM1150 KKNW/HDFM 98.9 Ch3/Online/Tunein) Studio in Bellevue, WA.
• Chinamerica Hit Radio Mando-Canto Pop Music 27/7 Hosted in English. Online at: www.chinamericahitradio.com Studio in New York. Heard globally online.
• China Radio International can be heard in the following cities:
  • Washington DC on WUST (AM 1120 kHz between 9 a.m.–11 a.m.)
  • Philadelphia on WNWR (AM 1540 kHz between 7 a.m.–9 a.m.)
• Chinese American Voice [12], heard over a SCA subcarrier of WACD-FM in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area
• Chinese Radio New York, heard in Philadelphia on WNWR [13], AM 1540 kHz, between 6 p.m.–8:30 p.m.^[3]
• Chinese American Voice, heard in New York 24 hours on the 92 kHz subcarrier of WQCD-FM 101.9 MHz.
• Chinese Radio Network [14] on WGBB (AM 1240 kHz and the 67 kHz subcarrier of WCBS-FM 101.1 MHz, Flushing, New York) broadcasts in Mandarin.
• Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company [15] heard in New York 24 hours on the 92 kHz subcarrier of WSKQ-FM 97.9 MHz.
• Hong Kong Vintage Pop Radio [16] is an internet based station, established in 2002, that broadcasts from New York playing Cantonese pop music.^[4][5]
• Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc.'s Chinese Media Group broadcasts Chinese programming in the following cities:
  • KAHZ, Los Angeles is a Mandarin-dialect station.
  • KAZN, Los Angeles is a Mandarin-dialect station.
  • KTWR, Guam [17] is a shortwave radio station that broadcasts in Mandarin and other languages to the Asia-Pacific region.
  • KMRB, Los Angeles is a Cantonese-dialect station.
  • Sinocast Radio, national Chinese network, heard in New York City on the 67 kHz subcarrier of WXRK-FM 92.3 MHz.
  • WKDM, New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area is a Mandarin-dialect station on AM 1380 kHz.
  • WZRC, New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area is a Cantonese-dialect station on AM 1480 kHz.
• Radio Taiwan International is broadcast on WYFR from Okeechobee, Florida on shortwave 5950 kHz in the United States sometime after 5 p.m./6 p.m. until early morning. This broadcast can be received virtually through the entire United States using a short wave radio.
• All Chinese Hits is a Silicon Valley-based Internet radio station broadcasting Chinese pop and rock songs.
• KVTO (Sing Tao) on 1400AM in San Francisco.
  • KEST, San Francisco is a Cantonese-dialect station.
  • KSQQ, San Francisco is a Mandarin-dialect station.
  • KSJO, San Francisco is a Mandarin and Cantonese-dialect station.
  • KSFN, San Francisco is a Mandarin-dialect station.
• Voice of America Cantonese Broadcasting 美國之音粵語網

Australia

• SBS Radio broadcasts two hour-long daily programmes for the Chinese audience in Australia: one programme in Mandarin and one programme in Cantonese.

See also

• Media in China
• Media in Hong Kong
• Media of Taiwan
• Media of Macau

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.kompas.com/kompas-cetak/0605/26/sumbagsel/2681420.htm
2. ^ : Volare FM 103.4 Mhz :
3. ^ http://www.am1540chineseradio.com/images/Program-Schedule.gif
4. ^ Min Zhou (2009). Contemporary Chinese America: immigration, ethnicity, and community transformation.  
5. ^ [18]

External links

• Virtenna - Portal for Chinese Language Radios
• Baidu - Chinese Radio Stations