Beijing Radio and Television Station (BRTV), formerly Beijing Media Network (BMN), is a government-owned television network in China. It broadcasts from Beijing. The channel is available only in Chinese. Broadcasts in Beijing are on AM, FM, cable FM, digital radio, digital TV and online.

Beijing Media Network was founded on 16 May 1979. It covers China, Asia and North America. China Central Television was called Beijing Television from 1958 to 1978.

BTV started satellite broadcasts on 1 January 1998, during the drive caused by regional television stations to begin nationwide broadcasting and in line with the government's plan to increase the percentage of television viewers from 85% to 90% by 2000.

In October 2022, BRTV took a minority ownership stake in Kuaishou.

History

Radio Beijing Corporation (RBC; Chinese: 北京人民广播电台; pinyin: Běijīng Rénmín Guǎngbō Diàntái, literally Beijing People's Broadcasting Station), was a family of municipal radio stations that also include news, music, and sports in Beijing.

BTV started broadcasting its television station on 16 May 1979, on VHF channel 6.

On 1 June 2020, Radio Beijing Corporation, together with Beijing Television and Beiguang Media, merged into Beijing Media Network.

List of Beijing Radio channels

As of 2021[update], all of these radio channels are also available via Internet.

Beijing Radio Stations
channel namestarted airing dateFrequencyDescription
EnglishChinese
Beijing News Radio北京新闻广播2 February 1949AM 828 kHz FM 90.4 MHz or 94.5 MHzNews (was using FM 100.6 MHz before 1 February 2021)
Beijing City Radio, Voice of MC北京城市广播副中心之声1 March 2005AM 1026 kHz FM 91.9 MHz or 107.3 MHzformerly Beijing Public Service Radio, renamed to current name in 2020, focus on Beijing Municipal Administrative Center
Beijing Sports Radio, Voice of Dual-Olympics北京体育广播双奥之声1 January 2002FM 102.5 MHz Cabel FM 92.7 MHzSports Broadcast (AM 927 kHz stopped airing Sport Radio, and started airing Youth Radio in 2017), "Voice of Dual-Olympics" suffix added in 2019
Beijing Music Radio北京音乐台23 January 1993FM 97.4 MHz Cabel FM 94.6 MHzBeijing Music Radio (Mandopop)
Beijing Traffic Radio北京交通广播18 December 1993FM 95.6 MHz or 103.9 MHzTraffic
Beijing Wenyi Radio北京文艺广播1 April 1994FM 87.6 MHz Cabel FM 93.8 MHzChinese Literature Broadcast
The Voice of Jingjinji京津冀之声February 2021FM 100.6 MHzBroadcast in Jingjinji area. Previously known as Beijing Metro Radio.

Former radio channels

  • Beijing Jingji Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on financial, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Qingmeng Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Blue Network Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Tongsu Radio - FM 97.0 and internet streaming focus on Popular Music (Mandopop), stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Shenghuo Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Beijing City Life Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Qingyinyue Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on Light Music Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing DAB Radio - internet streaming only channel focus on DAB Broadcast, stopped on 1 January 2022
  • Beijing Story Radio - AM 603 kHz & FM 89.1 MHz focus on stories, stopped on 1 January 2023
  • Radio Beijing International - AM 774 kHz & FM 92.3 MHz for foreign broadcasting, stopped on 1 January 2023
  • Beijing Youth Radio - AM 927 kHz & FM 98.2 MHz for Youths, stopped on 1 January 2023

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