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The Voice of China ( zh, 中央人民广播电台中国之声 or ), a.k.a. CNR-1, is the flagship radio channel of
China National Radio China National Radio (CNR; ; pronunciation: ) is the national radio network of China, headquartered in Beijing. History The infrastructure began with a transmitter from Moscow to set up its first station in Yan'an (延安). It used the call ...
(CNR). It provides news and commentaries and broadcast 24 hours a day (exc.
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2:05-4:25 on Tuesday) via AM, FM, SW and Internet.


History

The infrastructure began with a transmitter from
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to set up its first station in
Yan'an Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'an ...
(延安). It used the
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XNCR ("New China Radio") for broadcasts, and is the first radio station set up by the
Communist Party of China The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victorious in the Chinese Civil ...
in 1940. Miller, Toby (2003). ''Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies''. Routledge Publishing. In the west, it was known as the Yan'an New China Radio Station () broadcasting two hours daily. In China, it was called the Yan'an Xinhua Broadcasting Station, which was established on December 30, 1940.CNR website.
CNR website
" ''CNR introduction.'' Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
On March 11, 1947, it was renamed Shanbei Xinhua Broadcasting Station () after it departed from Yan'an. It began to broadcast in
Peiping "Beijing" is from pinyin ''Běijīng,'' which is romanized from , the Chinese name for this city. The pinyin system of transliteration was approved by the Chinese government in 1958, but little used until 1979. It was gradually adopted by various ...
under the name of Peiping Xinhua Broadcasting Station () on March 25, 1949. On December 5, 1949, it was officially renamed Central People's Broadcasting Station 1st Program (), two months after the establishment of the
People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. On January 1, 2004, CNR-1 was
rebranded Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, concept or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers, investors ...
as The Voice of China.


Frequency

All units of below numbers are Kilohertz (kHz), except FM radios which are Megahertz (mHz). Many of these shortware or medium wave frequencies may also be used as jamming frequency to hold up remote devices from receiving signals of the
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Radio Taiwan International Radio Taiwan International (RTI; ) is the English name and call sign of the Central Broadcasting System (CBS), national broadcaster and international radio service of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. It is a government-owned sta ...
, etc.


Shortwave Shortwave radio is radio transmission using shortwave (SW) radio frequencies. There is no official definition of the band, but the range always includes all of the high frequency band (HF), which extends from 3 to 30 MHz (100 to 10 me ...
(SW)

( DRM radio frequencies are marked bold) 6030, 6075, 6105, 6145, 6180, 7300, 9455, 9470, 9540, 9655, 9660, 9680, 9735, 9870, 9900, 11605, 11640, 11695, 13825, 15370, 15320, 15465, 15735, 17770, 17790, 17800, 17830, 21555 Part of these SW frequencies may temporary shut down during PM 14:00-17:00 on every Tuesday


Medium wave Medium wave (MW) is the part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. During the daytime ...
(MW)

* 540 (nationalwide, mainly in Changsha, Dandong, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Liaoyang, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xi'an, Yingkou, and Zhuzhou, also available in Lianjiang County of Taiwan) * 603 (in Chenzhou, Hengyang, Yongzhou, and Huaihua) * 612 (in Chaozhou, signal launches by Shanmen Village of Raoping County with 3 kW launching power) * 639 (nationalwide, mainly in Beijing, Chengdu, Nanning, and Panjin, signal launches by 542 launch pad of NRTA with 200 kW launching power, may cover most of Japan, Korean Peninsula, Mongolia and Russian Far East in the night) * 648 (in Jinan, signal launches by Qianfoshan MW station) * 756 (nationalwide, mainly in Guangzhou, Haikou, Harbin, Qingdao, and Shaoyang) * 900 (in Benxi (urban area)) * 927 (in Yiyang, Yueyang, and Zhuzhou) * 945 (nationalwide) * 981 (nationalwide, mainly in Changchun, Chongqing, Maoming, Nanchang, and Yingkou, signal launches by 561 launch pad of NRTA with 200 kW launching power, may cover Taiwan and Okinawa Prefecture of Japan in the night) * 1008 (nationalwide, mainly in Kunming) * 1035 (nationalwide, mainly in Dalian, Datong, Fuxin, Ganzhou, Huanren (Benxi), Jinzhou Liaoyang, Mudanjiang, Qiqihar, Tieling, Wuhan, Yingkou, and Zhangjiajie, signal launches by 707 launch pad of Jiangxi Radio & TV station with 10 kW launching power) * 1134 (nationalwide) * 1143 (in Chaoyang, Nanning, and Xiangxi) * 1170 (nationalwide, mainly in Huizhou) * 1197 (in Quanzhou and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 1359 (nationalwide, mainly in Chengde, Nanjing, Sanming, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou, also available in Kinmen of Taiwan) * 1377 (nationalwide, mainly in Zhengzhou, signal launches by 554 launch pad of NRTA with 600 kW launching power, may cover part of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan in the night) * 1422 (nationalwide) * 1440 (in Putian and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 1503 (in Nanning) * 1539 (nationalwide) * 1593 (nationalwide, mainly in Changzhou, signal launches by 623 launch pad of NRTA with 400 kW launching power, may cover most of Japan, Korean Peninsula, and west of Taiwan in the night)


FM radio FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation (FM). Invented in 1933 by American engineer Edwin Armstrong, wide-band FM is used worldwide to provide high fidelity sound over broadcast radio. FM broadcasting is cap ...

* 87.2 (in Benxi (urban area)) * 87.6 (in Nantong) * 88.1 (in Nanning) * 88.2 (in Panjin) * 88.4 (in Deyang, Xuzhou, and Zhuzhou) * 88.5 (in Zhangjiajie) * 88.6 (in Shigatse and Weinan) * 88.7 (in Urumqi) * 88.8 (in Meizhou) * 89.0 (in Tongchuan) * 89.1 (in Dalian, Nanchang) * 89.2 (in Lhasa) * 89.3 (in Guangzhou, Loudi (05:00-01:00 next day)) * 89.4 (in Rizhao, Wuxi) * 89.5 (in Putian and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 89.8 (in Guilin, Jinan) * 89.9 (in Harbin, Meizhou) * 90.0 (in Maoming) * 90.2 (in Chaozhou, Hangzhou, and Pingdingshan) * 90.5 (in Yuxi) * 90.9 (in Xiangxi) * 91.0 (in Zengcheng (Guangzhou)) * 91.4 (in Yongxing Island (Sansha)) * 91.5 (in Benxi County) * 91.6 (in Xining) * 92.0 (in Chongqing, Yiyang, and Lianjiang County of Taiwan) * 92.3 (in Chaozhou) * 92.4 (in Nanchong) * 92.9 (in Liaoyang) * 93.0 (in Huizhou) * 93.1 (in Qingdao) * 93.2 (in Tangshan) * 93.5 (in Chenzhou, Fuzhou, Hefei, and Lianjiang County of Taiwan) * 93.6 (in Guiyang) * 94.1 (in Shanwei) * 94.3 (in Tieling) * 94.4 (in Jiamusi) * 94.6 (in Luoyang) * 94.7 (in Changde) * 94.8 (in Lanzhou, Shenyang) * 95.0 (in Changsha (05:00-01:00 next day), Hengyang, Shuangfeng (Loudi), Xiangtan, and Zhuzhou) * 95.1 (in Mianyang) * 95.2 (in Huaihua) * 95.3 (in Baoji) * 95.5 (in Sanya) * 95.6 (in Shijiazhuang, Wuhan) * 95.7 (in Ningbo) * 95.8 (in Huizhou, Nanjing, Sanming, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong) * 95.9 (in Ganzhou) * 96.4 (in Qujing, Xi'an, and Yinchuan) * 96.5 (in Qinhuangdao) * 96.7 (in Shaoyang, Weifang) * 96.9 (in Baotou, Quanzhou, and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 97.0 (in Taiyuan) * 97.1 (in Hohhot, Jiayuguan) * 97.4 (in Jining) * 97.7 (in Qiqihar, Yantai, and Zhangzhou) * 97.9 (in Yingkou) * 98.0 (in Jilin) * 98.2 (in Meizhou) * 98.3 (in Jiaxing) * 98.9 (in Tianshui, Yibin) * 99.0 (in Hanzhong, Shanghai) * 99.1 (in Changchun, Guang'an, Shaoyang, Zhuhai and Macau) * 99.2 (in Shannan, Yangshuo (Guilin)) * 99.4 (in Shantou, Zigong) * 99.5 (in Zhangjiakou) * 100.0 (in Suzhou) * 100.8 (in Fuxin) * 101.0 (in Anshan) * 101.2 (in Chaoyang, Shilong (Pingdingshan)) * 101.4 (in Chengde, Fushun, and Panzhihua) * 101.5 (in Conghua (Guangzhou)) * 101.7 (in Zunyi) * 101.8 (in Changzhi, Zhenjiang) * 102.2 (in Changzhou, Jiangmen) * 102.3 (in Jinzhou) * 102.6 (in Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 102.7 (in Huanren (Benxi)) * 102.9 (in Huludao, Tianjin, and Yan'an) * 103.1 (in Wenzhou) * 103.2 (in Changsha (05:00-23:00), Xiangtan, Yiyang, Yueyang, Yulin, and Zhuzhou) * 103.5 (in Hulunbuir, Zhanjiang) * 103.7 (in Chengdu) * 103.9 (in Daqing, Shaoxing) * 104.7 (in Liuzhou) * 104.8 (in Tongliao) * 104.9 (in Jinzhou, Yangquan) * 105.0 (in Huangshi) * 105.1 (in Xianyang) * 105.2 (in Xiamen and Kinmen of Taiwan) * 105.4 (in Dandong, Loudi (urban area, 05:00-24:00)) * 105.6 (in Karamay) * 105.8 (in Haikou) * 106.1 (in Beijing, Zhengzhou) * 106.2 (in Nanning, Weihai) * 106.3 (in Kaifeng) * 106.4 (in Tonghua) * 106.7 (in Baicheng) * 106.8 (in Mudanjiang) * 107.0 (in Kunming) * 107.1 (in Yonghou) * 107.5 (in Jingdezhen, Siping) * 107.6 (in Datong)


Major programs

*''News and newspapers Summary'' () *''National Network News'' () *''CNR News'' ()


References

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