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 earth's s ...

Ürümqi Ürümqi, , is the capital of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the ...

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It was established in April, 1985 as a

cable network Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...

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; ; ''Qiziltagh'') is an inner city mountain in Ürümqi, capital of Xinjiang, China. The mountain, sometimes referred to as a hill for its smaller size than a mountain i ...

, 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 and other leaders.

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*UTV-1: Chinese news channel, first launched in 1985 *UTV-2:

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

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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