China National Radio (CNR; ) is the national

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of China, headquartered in

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. CNR forms the national radio service of the state-owned

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(also known as the "Voice of China").

History

The infrastructure began with a transmitter from

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to set up its first station in

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(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

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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 30 December 1940.CNR website.
CNR website
" ''CNR introduction.'' Retrieved on 2007-04-29. On 25 March 1949, it was renamed Shanbei Xinhua Broadcasting Station () after it departed from Yan'an. It began to broadcast in

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under the name of Peiping Xinhua Broadcasting Station (). On December5, 1949, it was officially named to Central People's Broadcasting Station, two months after the establishment of the

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. The station offered 15.5 hours of daily programming broadcast to most parts of China.

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emphasized that all citizens should listen to the station on 5 May 1941. The "Central Press and Broadcasting Bureau" was the driver in pushing all schools, army units, and public organizations of all levels to install loud public speakers and radio transmitters. By the 1960s, 70 million speakers were installed reaching the rural population of 400 million. The Central People's Broadcasting Station innovated wired transmissions, which were linked to the commonly found telephone poles hanging with loud speakers. Local stations were usually located in county seats or in individual factories or production brigades. It was part of Mao's ideology of delivering "Politics on Demand". The station served as the headquarters for

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during the

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. During the Cultural Revolution, Central Radio offered extensive daily programming schedules, beginning with The East is Red. The majority of the daily schedule consisted of news and cultural programming, broken up with specialized programs on topics like morning calisthenics, children's shows, and broadcasts of military interest. The station later adopted China National Radio as its English name.

Services

Radio stations

TV channels

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Retrieved: 11 August 2014.

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