PEIPING AND CANTON BROADCASTING STATIONS ANNOUNCE SCHEDULES AND PROGRAMS

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2011
• Sequence Number: 598
• Publication Date: April 28, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Political; Sociological
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PUBLISHED Deily newspaper
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PUBLISHED Canton
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PUBLISHED 7, 9 Apr 1950
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INFORMATION 1950
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PEIPING AND CANTON BROADCASTING STATIONS
ANNOUNCE SCHEDULES AND PROGRAMS
PEIPING TO INCREASE FOREIGN BROADCASTS -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 7 Apr 50
Peiping, 6 April -- The Central People's Broadcasting Station announced that
its foreign broadcasts will be increased front 10 April 1950. For this purpose it
established the so-called Peiping Broadcasting Station which operates on nave
lengths of 428.57, 29.24, and 19.92 meters, and frequencies of 700, 10,260, and
15,060 kilocycles, respectively.
Plans are being made to broadcast news in the English, Japanese, Indonesian,
Anaamese, Thai, and Burmese languages, as well as in the Amoy, Ch'eo-thou, Hakka,
and Cantonese dialects. The broadcasting schedule is as follows: (Peiping time)
1630 -- Neva broadcast for overseas Chinese newspapers
1800 --.News broadcast in Japanese language
1830 -- Neva broadcast in Indonesian language
1900 -- Neva broadcast in Amoy dialect
1930 -- Neva broadcast in Hakka dialect
2000 -- Neva broadcast in Annamece language
2030 -- News broadcast in Cantonese dialect
2100 -- Summary of news in general
2130 -- Neva broadcast in English language
2200 -- Neva broadcast in Thai language
2230 -- Neva broadcast in Chao-chow dialect
2300 -- News broadcast in Burmese language
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It was also announced that beginning in May, broadcasts in the Korean, Mongo-
lian, and Tibetan languages 0111 be added to the above program.
GIVES CANTON STATION SCHEDULE -- Canton Han-fang Jih-pee, 9 Apr 50
The broadn_ting schedule c nn zing iC iprii 1950 fir the Canton People's
Broadcasting Station, which operates on a nave length of 216 meters and a frequen-
cy of 1,390 kilocycles, is as follows (in Canton time)
First Period (0650 to 0900)
0650 -- Opening music (Democratic March); announcement of the day's program
in Cantonese
0700 -- Announcement of Time; Russian-language lessons (on Sunday: 0701 -?
weekly news summary; 0715 -- recordings)
0730 -- South China news in Cantonese
0745 -- Rebroadcast of the second-period news broadcast from the Central
People's Broadcasting Station
0800 -- South China news in Mandarin
0815 -- South China news in Ch'ao-chou dialect
0830 -- South China news in Hakka dialect
0845 -- Current market quotations
0900 -- Announcement of time; sign-off until 1150
Second Period (1150 to 1330)
1150 -- Opening music (Democratic March); announcement of the afternoon and
evening programs in Cantonese
1200 -- South China news in Cantonese
1215 -- South Chia news in Mandarin
1230 -- Foreign music
1245 -- New analysis
1315 -- Current market quotations
1330 -- Coerce and trade reports; sign-off until 1750
Third Period (1750 to 2200)
1750 -- Opening music (Democratic March); announcement of the evening pro-
gram in Cantonese
1800 -- Announcement of time; Cantonese music
1815 -- Open period for programs on workers, youths, women, children, and
Liberation Army
1830 -- South China news in Cantonese
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1900 -- Open period for programs on municipal government., Soviet Union,
books, periodicals, movies, etc.
1915 Lessons in Russian language on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday;
singing lessons on Tuesday and Thursday; literature on Saturday
1945 Lecture or news report
2000 -- Mews analysis
2015 -- Foreign music
2030 -- Rebroadcast of world news frow the central People. Broadcasting Sta-
tion in Cantonese
2100 -- Rebroadcast of news report from the Central People's Broadcasting
Station
2115 -- Discussions of the news broadcast tram the Central People's Broad-
casting Station
2130 -- Rebroadcast of news report from the Central People's Broadcasting
Station in English
2200 -- South China news in Chao-thou dialect
2230 -- South China news in Rakka dialect
2245 -- Current market quotations
2300 -- Announcement of time; closing song (Song of the Liberated Areas)
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