China Radio International

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China Radio International (CRI), (Chinese: 中国国际广播电台, Pinying: Zhōng Guó Guó Jì Guǎng Bō Diàn Tái) the former Radio Beijing and originally Radio Peking, is one of the two state-owned national radio broadcasting networks in the People's Republic of China. CRI was founded on December 3rd of 1941.

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[edit] History

In the 1960s, the station was known as Radio Peking and was known for its propaganda programming supporting the Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong. At the time, it had a relay station in Albania, but nowhere else.

CRI aims at promoting understanding and friendship between the people of China and people throughout the world. CRI broadcasts 290 hours of programs each day to all over the world in 43 languages. CRI's programs include news, current affairs, and features on politics, the economy, culture, science and technology.

The station has the most comprehensive foreign service of Asia. More than 50 shortwave transmitters are used. In addition, CRI broadcasts can be heard on the medium-wave AM band in WUST, serving the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area and on WNWR in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Programming

[edit] Mandarin Channel

[edit] CRI News Radio (FM 90.5)

CRI News Radio can be heard online and in Beijing on the radio on 90.5 FM . The broadcast is primarily done in Mandarin Chinese.

  • 环球自助宝典 (Round the world)
  • 档案揭密 (News File)
  • 环球娱乐圈 (World Entertainment News)
  • 巅峰体坛 (Mountain Sports)
  • 环球名人坊 (Celebrity Focus)
  • 老外看点 (World Focus)
  • 时尚快行线 (Latest Fashion News)
  • 环球书吧 (Round the World Book News)

(Source: http://www.globalfm.cn/)

[edit] Chinese podcasts

The following programs can be heard on the Mandarin version of the podcast from the World Radio Network:

  • News (Chinese: 新闻节目 Pinyin: xīn wén jié mù), which comes from the Xinhua News Agency.
  • Tángrénjiē (Chinese: 唐人街 English translation: "Chinatown"), a program about overseas Chinese (outside China)
  • Weather forecasts around China
  • Sports

This broadcast was originally targeted for London in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, they had removed the "London" reference, which was part of the introduction as "Ni hao London. Hello London".

(Source: http://gb.chinabroadcast.cn/)

[edit] English Channel

[edit] CRI in English (88.7 FM, 91.5 FM, 846 AM, 1008 AM)

The CRI English channels that can be heard online are:

  • Round the Clock (Internet only)
  • News Center (846 AM in Beijing)
  • Hit FM (88.7 FM in Beijing(24H All Day),88.5 FM in Guangzhou(06:00--21:00 Beijing Time) )
  • Easy FM (91.5 FM in Beijing(24H All Day),87.9 FM in Shanghai(Shanghai Edition)(24H All Day),98.5 FM in Lanzhou)
  • Language Studio (1008 AM in Beijing) - a one hour program that teaches English for someone who only knows Mandarin (not to be confused with Chinese Studio). The program will sound like a kindergarten English lesson in the USA using very simple sentences (i.e. Mary goes to the bank).
  • CRI 91.9 FM (Kenya 91.9 FM).
  • Chinese Studio is a 5 minute segment that follows most CRI English programs
  • China Drive is an English radio show about life in China

[edit] English Podcasts

The English podcast from the World Radio Network includes the following programs, all of which are also played on Easy FM, CRI 91.9 FM in Kenya, and in radio stations throughout the world.

[edit] Languages

China Radio International broadcasts in the following languages:

Albanian
Arabic
Bengali
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian
Cestina
Mandarin Chinese
Czech
English

Esperanto
Filipino
French
German
Hausa
Hindi
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Kazak

Korean
Laotian
Malay
Mongolian
Nepali
Persian
Polish
Portuguese
Pushtu
Romanian

Russian
Serbian
Sinhalese
Spanish
Swahili
Tamil
Thai
Turkish
Urdu
Vietnamese

(Source: http://www.chinabroadcast.cn/)

[edit] Olympic Radio

In July 2006, CRI launched a new radio station called CRI Olympic Radio at 900 AM in Beijing. This special broadcast is done in Mandarin, Korean, English, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic, Japanese and German 24 hours a day.

[edit] Postal address

中国北京市石景山路甲16号中国国际广播电台

Běi Jīng Shì Shí Jǐng Shān Lù Jiǎ 16 Hào Zhōng Guó Guó Jì Guǎng Bō Diàn Tái, CHINA

邮编 (postcode): 100040

SAM: pk.rc.tm.ya


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China Radio International (CRI) radio stations  

Radio Stations: Easy FM | Hit FM | Kenya FM | Round the Clock

Daily Programs: China Drive | Realtime China | Chinese Studio

Weekly Programs: Front Line | Biz-China | China Horizons | Voices from Other Lands | Life In China | Listeners' Garden | In the Spotlight
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Radio stations broadcasting in the Chinese language
CRI-Beijing • CNR-Beijing • BJPBS-Beijing • FPBS-Fujian • GD914-Guangdong • GD99.3-Guangdong • GD103.6-Guangdong • HBBS-Hubei • LG-Harbin • LZR-Lanzhou • NJR-Nanjing • JH-Xian • SMG-Shanghai • SZMG-Shenzhen • TJPBS-Tianjin • UPBS-Urumqi • RTHK-Hong Kong • Metro Radio-Hong Kong • AM 738-Macau • RTI-Taipei • Kiss Radio-Taiwan • Hit Fm-Taiwan • KAZN-Los Angeles • KMRB-Los Angeles • WYFR-Florida(RTI) • Chinese Radio New York • WZRC-New York • Fairchild Group-Canada • CHKT-Toronto • HKVP Radio-Internet
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