Radio in China

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 19, 21 November 1930, Page 6

Radio in China

No Definite System WIRELESS in China from the present Government’s point of view is not a thing of the moment, interest being concentrated on war, aeroplanes and road improvements. Local broadcast reception is, apparently, purely a matter of luck, as there does not seem to be any special wavelength for any particular station. One "twiddles" until a station is located and when this is done, Morse or static usually interferes. Most of the Chinese stations give a purely Chinese programme, but Harbin, in Manchuria, occasionally sends out opera and dance music. Japanese stations are received and Manila, in the Philippines, usually broadeasts a good dance programme, put here again Morse and static so frequently intervene that the listener gives up in despair. ; The broadcasting stations in China are:-Shanghai, Amateurs Home, 50 watt; Nanking, Central Government (the Nationalist Government, Nanking, is the new capital), 500 watt; Hangchow, Provincial Government, 250 watt. Canton, Provincial Government, 1000 watt; Harbin, 1000 watt (Harbin is in Manchuria, but comes under China); Hong Kong; 250 watt.