Radio Corporation of China

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Radio Corporation of China was the first radio station in China.

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[edit] History

It was founded in January 1923 by American E.G. Osborn[1]. It was not a radio station run by Chinese citizens, and was shutdown by the Northern warlords before 1927[1].

[edit] Influence

Radio stations became a new communication method, and the first Chinese-run radio station was established in Harbin. It went into operation in October 1926. Privately-run stations were established in Shanghai in March 1927.[1]

The technology became vital to the struggle between the Communist Party of China and the Nationalist Party. The first major Chinese radio station established with a legit infrastructure was the Central Broadcasting System in 1928 by the Nationalist Party.[1] The CPC would establish the Yan'an Xinhua Broadcasting Station in 1940.

[edit] See also

History of Radio

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Miller, Toby. [2003] (2003). Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. Routledge Publishing. ISBN 0415255023