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; , 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 , all of these radio channels are also available via Internet. + Beijing Radio Stationschannel namestarted airing dateFrequencyDescriptionEnglishChineseBeijing News Radio2 February 1949 AM 828 kHz FM 90.4 MHz or 94.5 MHz News (was using FM 100.6 MHz before 1 February 2021)Beijing City Radio, Voice of MC1 March 2005 AM 1026 kHz FM 91.9 MHz or 107.3 MHz formerly Beijing Public Service Radio, renamed to current name in 2020, focus on Beijing Municipal Administrative CenterBeijing Sports Radio, Voice of Dual-Olympics1 January 2002 FM 102.5 MHz Cabel FM 92.7 MHz Sports Broadcast (AM 927 kHz stopped airing Sport Radio, and started airing Youth Radio in 2017), "Voice of Dual-Olympics" suffix added in 2019Beijing Music Radio 23 January 1993 FM 97.4 MHz Cabel FM 94.6 MHz Beijing Music Radio (Mandopop)Beijing Traffic Radio18 December 1993FM 95.6 MHz or 103.9 MHz TrafficBeijing Wenyi Radio1 April 1994 FM 87.6 MHz Cabel FM 93.8 MHz Chinese Literature BroadcastThe Voice of JingjinjiFebruary 2021 FM 100.6 MHz Broadcast 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
References
External links
Beijing Renmin Guangbo Diantai