''China Drive'' is the only daily bi-lingual news and lifestyle radio show in China. It is broadcast seven days a week, 5–7 pm Beijing time on

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and focusses on life in China. The programme has four main presenters.

On Air Personalities

Monday to Wednesday

* Mark Griffiths * Yan Yinan

Thursday and Friday

* Mark Griffiths * Ning Yan

Saturday and Sunday

* Yan Yinan * John Artman

Format of the show

* Hang Out Feature (A reporter, or one of the show's presenters goes to a location in Beijing and does a short report on what's there for visitors to see.) * Business-related report * Media Scan - a review of the day's foreign and Chinese newspapers and media websites * Movie Review with Zhao Kun * Science & Technology Feature with Li Dong * This Is IT - fashion feature with Shen Si * Roundtable Discussion - every Friday an important issue is discussed in depth

Team of Reporters for ''China Drive''

Original Team * Yan Yinan, Host * Chris Verrill, Host/Producer * James West, Business Ongoing * Li Dong (Michael Li) * Liu Min * Wangjing * Shen Si

Former Team Members

Chris Verrill Verrill was the first producer and co-host of ''China Drive''. He spent only one year at CRI. He later launched Beijing Playhouse, China's English Broadway Theatre, www.beijingplayhouse.com *

James West James or Jim West may refer to: People * James West (Australian journalist) (born 1982), Australian journalist and author * James West (antiquary) (1703–1772), English politician and antiquary; president of the Royal Society * James E. West (po ...

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Trevor Metz Trevor was the co-creator and former afternoon host of ''Real Time Beijing''--a sister program to ''China Drive''. He spent four years with CRI. He left the show to narrate the documentary series ''Discover China'' on 5CTV https://web.archive.org/web/20090209090658/http://5ctv.tv/

History

''China Drive'' first broadcast on CRI on December 1, 2005. It was hosted by Yan Yinan and Chris Verrill. ''China Drive'' broadcast weekdays 5 pm to 7 pm. It replaced and combined four different half hour shows that were on the air at 5 pm, 5:30 pm 6 pm, and 6:30 pm. The show was a lighthearted features magazine.

Program Distribution

Webcast

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In China

* 87.9 MHz FM in

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* 104.7 MHz FM in

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In the United States

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on 1540 kHz AM in

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on 1120 kHz AM in

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In Europe

* 1440 kHz AM via

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covering most of Europe * 558 kHz across the UK. The morning edition of the show is re-broadcast 9-10pm the day of original transmission. The afternoon edition is aired between 3pm and 5pm the following day. {{China Radio International Chinese radio programs China Radio International