Urumqi Television Station (UTV) () is a state-owned

television station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the eart ...

Ürümqi Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, China. It was established in April, 1985 as a

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and started broadcasting on September 28 in the same year. Its logo is shaped in red after

Hong Shan Coordinates: Hong Shan, Hongshan or the Red Mountain (; Pinyin: Hóng Shān; ug, قىزىلتاغ, Қизилтағ; ''Qiziltagh'') is an inner city mountain in Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. The mountain, sometim ...

, the city's landmark mountain.CCTV.com-乌鲁木齐电视台简介
''Events and Trifles'' (大事小事) is a featured high-quality program of UTV,Taking the TV Program "Events and Trifles" Held by Urumqi TV Station
known for its close-in coverage by quickly approaching events. However, there have been regulations that reporting on "sudden incidents" be censored by the network's authorities, in order to avoid airing rumors and falsehood.CCTV.com-乌鲁木齐电视台：提高舆论引导能力彰显社会和谐正义
After the 2009 Urumqi riots, UTV was a major media organ that provided aftermath-related reports within the city. During the later protests against syringe attacks, the Ürümqi government attempted to calm down the mass, particularly protesters, via UTV by frequently broadcasting pre-programmed speeches delivered by the then CPC secretary

Li Zhi Li Zhi may refer to: *Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628–683), named Li Zhi, Emperor of China *Li Ye (mathematician) (1192–1279), Chinese mathematician and scholar, birth name Li Zhi *Li Zhi (philosopher) (1527–1602), Chinese philosopher from the M ...

and other leaders.

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*UTV-1:

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...

news channel, first launched in 1985 *UTV-2: Uyghur news channel *UTV-3: movie channel, 24-hour movie in urban region *UTV-4: life channel *UTV-5: sports and recreation channel *UTV-6: women and children channel

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