Chinese Radio on the Internet

The following is a list of every radio station in the world (that I know of) which broadcasts in Chinese on the Internet. To be included on this list, a radio station must, at a minimum:

• make at least some of their audio available on the Internet. Most of the radio stations on this list currently use the Realmedia format to broadcast their signal, however a few use Netshow (unfortunately, I think this is a Windows only format). If I come across any station using another audio format (like Shoutcast) I will be happy to include it as well.
• broadcast at least part of the time in Mandarin (Standard) Chinese;
• be a real radio station, with a real broadcast signal (AM, FM, shortwave) in addition to their cybersignal.

All dates and times on this page are in UTC.

If you feel I have missed a station which meets the above criteria, please send me a message at ehiggins@ehiggins.com so I may add it to the list.

Here is the list, sorted by country:

Canada

Radio Canada International www.rcinet.ca/ Newscasts in Mandarin at 1300-1325 and 2300-2335 daily. Also has text news in Chinese. Keeps a week's worth of newscasts online. Live: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/live/live.ram On-demand: Monday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-mon.ram Tuesday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-tue.ram Wednesday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-wed.ram Thursday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-thu.ram Friday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-fri.ram Saturday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-sat.ram Sunday: www.rcinet.ca/realaudio/16/ch/ch-sun.ram -- last verified: October 24, 1999 CHMB, Vancouver, BC www.am1320.com/ Mandarin Tuesday-Saturday 0300-0500 (Winter) 0200-0400 (Summer); Sunday 0200-0300 and 0400-0700 (Winter) 0100-0200 and 0300-0600 (Summer); the rest of the time they are in Cantonese and other languages. Live: www.am1320.com/live.ram -- last verified: October 24, 1999

China (People's Republic of)

Radio Television Hong Kong www.rthk.org.hk/ 24 hours a day of various Mandarin programs, including news, talk, and a most unusual mix of Chinese folk, Chinese opera, and Western pop music. Live: www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/live/livepth.ram On-demand: News: www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/rafiles/audio/pthnews/pthnews.ram "Putonghua Skyline": www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/rafiles/audio/pthsky/pthsky.ram -- last verified: October 24, 1999

France

Radio France Internationale www.francelink.com/radio_stations/rfi/ Broadcasts 2 hours a day in Mandarin. On-demand: 2300: rfimedias.francelink.com:8080/ramgen/rfi/rfi-chin0000.ra 1030: rfimedias.francelink.com:8080/ramgen/rfi/rfi-chin1130.ra -- last verified: October 24, 1999

Germany

Deutsche Welle www.dwelle.de/ Two daily 50 minute Mandarin newscasts. On-demand: 1000: 206.83.163.17/ram/Gruen-chin-1000.ram 1330: 206.83.163.17/ram/Gruen-chin-1330.ram -- last verified: December 7, 1999

Korea (Republic of)

Radio Korea International www.kbs.co.kr/ In Mandarin from 2200-2300, the rest of the time they are in other languages. Live: www.kbs.co.kr/real_live/kbs_rki.ram -- last verified: October 25, 1999

Singapore

Radio Corporation Of Singapore rsi.com.sg/ Only available from 1100-1400 daily. Live: rcslive.singnet.com.sg/ram/rsi_chinese.ram -- last verified: October 25, 1999 Dongli 88.3FM www.fm883.com.sg/ Pop music. Live: www.swiftech.net.sg/883fm.ram -- last verified: October 25, 1999

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Broadcasting Corporation of China www.bcc.com.tw/ This is the government-run radio/TV service in Taiwan. Live: Pop: www.bcc.com.tw/pop.ram News: www.bcc.com.tw/news.ram On-demand: Morning News: www.bcc.com.tw/m-news.ram Evening News: www.bcc.com.tw/e-news.ram -- last verified: October 25, 1999 Philharmonic Radio Taibei, FM 99.7 www.prtmusic.com.tw Classical music, the Realaudio link seems to be down alot, but the Netshow link seems to be up more. Live: www.prtmusic.com.tw/Voice/prtlive.ram media.giga.net.tw/taipeimusic.asx -- last verified: October 28, 1999 The Voice of Hope, Taibei, FM 90.9 www.voiceofhope.com Religious station which also broadcasts on shortwave. Not 24 hours; s/off around 2000? Live: www.voiceofhope.com/live.ram www.voiceofhope.com/riverside.ram www.voiceofhope.com/praise1.ram -- last verified: December 7, 1999 ICRT - CyberStation www.icrt.com.tw Seems to be mainly an English/Bilingual pop station. Live: 203.67.157.65/NetShow/Giga16.asx -- last verified: October 30, 1999 105.9 FM Radio, Taibei www.taichungnet.com.tw In Chinese. Live: www.taichungnet.com.tw/home/live.ram -- last verified: October 30, 1999

United States of America

Voice of America www.voa.gov Broadcasts 6 hours a day in Mandarin. On-demand: 0000 news: www.voa.gov/programs/audio/realaudio/chinese_0000_news.ram 0200 news: www.voa.gov/stream/voa/eap/mand/mand0200a.ram 0800 news: www.voa.gov/stream/voa/eap/mand/mand0800a.ram 1000 news: www.voa.gov/stream/voa/eap/mand/mand1000a.ram 1100 news: www.voa.gov/programs/audio/realaudio/chinese_1100_news.ram 1400 "China Focus": www.voa.gov/programs/audio/realaudio/chinese_1400_china-focus.ram 2200 news: www.voa.gov/stream/voa/eap/mand/mand2200a.ram -- last verified: October 30, 1999

Well, hope you enjoyed it. If you know of any other Chinese language radio stations broadcasting on the Internet, send me a message at ehiggins@ehiggins.com so I may add it to the list.

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