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China National Radio
China National Radio (CNR; Chinese: 中央人民广播电台) is the national radio network of China, headquartered in Beijing. CNR forms the national radio service of the state-owned China Media Group. As of September 2024[update], the Media and Journalism Research Center evaluated the parent company of CNR, the China Media Group, to be "State Controlled Media" under its State Media Matrix.[1][2] HistoryThe infrastructure began with a transmitter from Moscow to set up its first station in Yan'an (延安). It used the call sign XNCR ("New China Radio") for broadcasts, and is the first radio station set up by the Chinese Communist Party in 1940.[3] In the west, it was known as the Yan'an New China Radio Station (延安新华广播电台) broadcasting two hours daily.[3] In China, it was called the Yan'an Xinhua Broadcasting Station, which was established on 30 December 1940.[4] On 25 March 1949, it was renamed Shanbei Xinhua Broadcasting Station (陕北新华广播电台) after it departed from Yan'an. It began to broadcast in Beiping under the name of Peiping Xinhua Broadcasting Station (北平新华广播电台). On December 5, 1949, it was officially named to Central People's Broadcasting Station, two months after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The station offered 15.5 hours of daily programming broadcast to most parts of China.[3] Mao Zedong 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.[3] By the 1960s, 70 million speakers were installed reaching the rural population of 400 million.[3] 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.[5] It was part of Mao's ideology of delivering "Politics on Demand". The station served as the headquarters for propaganda during the Cultural Revolution.[3] During the Cultural Revolution, Central Radio offered extensive daily programming schedules, beginning with The East is Red.[6] 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.[5] The station later adopted China National Radio as its English name.[4] ServicesRadio stations
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