Beijing Radio and Television Station

"Beijing Television" redirects here. For History of Beijing Television before 1978, see China Central Television.
Beijing Radio and Television Station
北京广播电视台
TypeBroadcast; state media
Country
China
Availabilityin Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and other parts in China
Founded1 May 1979
OwnerBeijing Municipal People's Government
Official website
www.brtv.org.cn Edit this at Wikidata

Beijing Radio and Television Station (BRTV), formerly Beijing Media Network (BMN), is a government-owned television network in China. It broadcasts from Beijing. The channel is available only in Chinese. Broadcasts in Beijing are on AM, FM, cable FM, digital radio, digital TV and online.

Beijing Media Network was founded on 16 May 1979. It covers China, Asia and North America. China Central Television was called Beijing Television from 1958 to 1978.

In October 2022, BRTV took a minority ownership stake in Kuaishou.[1]

History

Radio Beijing Corporation
(北京人民广播电台)
Broadcast areaBeijing,  China
FrequencyFM 94.5 MHz FM 97.4 MHz, FM 100.6 MHz, FM 103.9 MHz, FM 107.3 MHz, AM 603 kHz, AM 774 kHz, AM 828 kHz, AM 927 kHz, Internet
Programming
FormatContemporary
History
First air date
1949
Links
Websitehttp://www.rbc.cn/

Radio Beijing Corporation (RBC; Chinese: 北京人民广播电台; pinyin: Běijīng Rénmín Guǎngbō Diàntái, literally Beijing People's Broadcasting Station), was a family of municipal radio stations that also include news, music, and sports in Beijing.[2]

On 1 June 2020, Radio Beijing Corporation, together with Beijing Television and Beiguang Media, merged into Beijing Media Network.[3]

Beijing Radio and Television Station
Simplified Chinese北京人民广播电台
Traditional Chinese北京人民廣播電臺
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBěijīng Rénmín Guǎngbō Diàntái
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBak1ging1 Jan4man4 Gwong2bo3 Din6toi4

List of Beijing Radio channels

As of 2021, all of these radio channels are also available via Internet.

Beijing Radio Stations
channel name started airing date Frequency Description
English Chinese
Beijing News Radio 北京新闻广播 2 February 1949
  • AM 828 kHz
  • FM 90.4 MHz or 94.5 MHz
 News (was using FM 100.6 MHz before 1 February 2021)
Beijing City Radio, Voice of MC 北京城市广播副中心之声 1 March 2005
  • AM 1026 kHz
  • FM 91.9 MHz or 107.3 MHz
 formerly Beijing Public Service Radio, renamed to current name in 2020, focus on Beijing Municipal Administrative Center
Beijing Sports Radio, Voice of Dual-Olympics 北京体育广播双奥之声 1 January 2002
  • FM 102.5 MHz
  • Cabel FM 92.7 MHz
 Sports Broadcast (AM 927 kHz stopped airing Sport Radio, and started airing Youth Radio in 2017), "Voice of Dual-Olympics" suffix added in 2019
Beijing Music Radio 北京音乐台 23 January 1993
  • FM 97.4 MHz
  • Cabel FM 94.6 MHz
 Beijing Music Radio (Mandopop)
Beijing Traffic Radio 北京交通广播 18 December 1993 FM 95.6 MHz or 103.9 MHz Traffic
Beijing Wenyi Radio 北京文艺广播 1 April 1994
  • FM 87.6 MHz
  • Cabel FM 93.8 MHz
 Chinese Literature Broadcast
The Voice of Jingjinji 京津冀之声 February 2021 FM 100.6 MHz Broadcast in Jingjinji area. Previously known as Beijing Metro Radio.

Former radio channels

  • Beijing Jingji Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on financial, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Qingmeng Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Blue Network Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Tongsu Radio - FM 97.0 and internet streaming focus on Popular Music (Mandopop), stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Shenghuo Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Beijing City Life Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Qingyinyue Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Light Music Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing DAB Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on DAB Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Story Radio - AM 603 kHz & FM 89.1 MHz focus on stories, stopped on 1 January 2023
  • Radio Beijing International - AM 774 kHz & FM 92.3 MHz for foreign broadcasting, stopped on 1 January 2023
  • Beijing Youth Radio - AM 927 kHz & FM 98.2 MHz for Youths, stopped on 1 January 2023

References

  1. ^ "Chinese state broadcaster takes 1 per cent stake in short video app Kuaishou". South China Morning Post. 2022-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  2. ^ "Introduction of RBC.cn 北京广播网". Archived from the original on 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  3. ^ "北京整合广电资源成立广播电视台". 中新网 (in Chinese). 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.