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in China. It broadcasts from

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. 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.

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History

Radio Beijing Corporation (RBC; , literally Beijing People's Broadcasting Station), was a family of municipal radio stations that also include news, music, and sports in Beijing. BTV started broadcasting its television station on 16 May 1979, on VHF channel 6. On 1 June 2020, Radio Beijing Corporation, together with Beijing Television and Beiguang Media, merged into Beijing Media Network.

List of Beijing Radio channels

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

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 Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...

), 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

External links

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Beijing Renmin Guangbo Diantai
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