Ethnic broadcasting in China
Ethnic broadcasting in China comprises both radio and TV broadcasting for some of the numerous ethnic groups within the country. Stations are found on the administrative levels of the nation as a whole, provinces, prefectures,[1] and counties.[2][3] They form a part of the ethnic media of China.
National level
Radio
| CMG – National Radio (CNR) 中央广播电视总台 – 中央人民广播电台 (央广) | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| مەركىزىي خەلق رادىيو ئىستانسىسى ; Merkiziy xelq radiyo istansisi | Uyghur Radio 维吾尔语广播 ; Wéiwú'ěryǔ guǎngbò ئۇيغۇرچە رادىيو ; Uyghurche radiyo | Uyghur |
| ورتالىق حالىق راديو ستانسياسى ; Ortalyq xalyq radio stansiasy | Kazakh Radio 哈萨克语广播 ; Hāsàkèyǔ guǎngbò قازاق راديوسى ; Qazaq radiosy | Kazakh |
| ཀྲུང་དབྱང་མི་དམངས་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་རླུང་འཕྲིན་ལས་ཁུངས། ; Krung-dbyang mi-dmangs kun-khyab rlung-'phrin las-khungs | Tibetan Radio 藏语广播 ; Zàngyǔ guǎngbò བོད་སྐད་འཕྲིན་ལམ། ; Bod skad 'phrin lam | Tibetan |
| ᠲᠥᠪ ᠦᠨ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ ᠨᠡᠪᠲᠡᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯᠭᠡ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ ; Töb-ün arad-un radio nebteregülge-ǰin qoriya | Sounds of the Nationalities 民族之声 ; Mínzú zhīshēng | Mongolian, Korean |
| 중앙인민방송국 ; Jungang inmin bangsongguk |
Television
On television there are dubbed versions of the main central news programme Xinwen Lianbo in minority languages.
| CMG – Central TV (CCTV) 中央广播电视总台 – 中国中央电视台 (央视) | News broadcast: 新闻联播 ; Xīnwén liánbò | Language |
|---|---|---|
| جۇڭگو مەركىزىي تېلېۋىزىيە ئىستانسى ; Junggo merkiziy tëlëwiziye istansi | مەملىكەت خەۋەرلىرى خەلقئارا خەۋەرلەر ; Memliket xewerliri xelqara xewerler | Uyghur |
| جۇڭگو ورتالىق تەلەۆيزياسى ; Juñgo ortalyq televiziasy | مەملەكەتتىك حالىقارالىق حابارلار ; Memlekettyk xalyqaralyq xabarlar | Kazakh |
| ཀྲུང་གོ་ཀྲུང་དབྱང་བརྙན་འཕྲིན། ; Krung-go krung-dbyang brnyan-'phrin | གསར་འགྱུར་མཉམ་བསྒྲགས། ; Gsar 'gyur mnyam bsgrags | Tibetan |
| ᠬᠢᠲᠠᠳ ᠤᠨ ᠲᠥᠪ ᠲᠧᠯᠸᠢᠰ ; Qitad-un töb telvis | ᠲᠥᠪ ᠲᠧᠯᠸᠢᠰ ᠦᠨ ᠰᠣᠨᠢᠨ ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠳᠠᠮᠵᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠨᠡᠪᠲᠡᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯᠭᠡ Töb telvis-ün sonin medegen-ü damǰiɣulqu nebteregülge | Mongolian |
| 중국중앙텔레비전 ; Jungguk jungang tellebijeon | 국내외뉴스 ; Gungnaeoe nyuseu | Korean |
Provincial and prefectural level
On provincial level there were 36 broadcasters in 2022; 8 of them had minority language programmes. On prefectural level there were about 350 broadcasters; about 40 of them carried programmes in minority languages.[1]
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Xinjiang Radio and Television (until 2018 XJBS and XJTV) 新疆广播电视台 ; Xīnjiāng guǎngbò diànshìtái شىنجاڭ رادىيو-تېلېۋىزىيە ئىستانسىسى ; Shinjang radiyo-tëlëwiziye istansisi شينجياڭ راديو-تەلەۆيزيا ستانسياسى ; Şinjiañ radio-televizia stansiasy ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠶᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ ᠲᠧᠯᠸᠢᠰ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ ; Sinǰiyang-un radio telvis qoriya | Uyghur General Radio 维吾尔语综合广播 ; Wéiwú'ěryǔ zònghé guǎngbò ئۇيغۇرچە ئۈنۋېرسال رادىيو ; Uyghurche ünwërsal radiyo | Uyghur |
| Traffic and Arts Radio 维吾尔语交通文艺 ; Wéiwú'ěryǔ jiāotōng wényì قاتناش سەنئەت رادىيوسى ; Qatnash sen'et radiyosi | ||
| Kazakh Radio 哈萨克语广播 ; Hāsàkèyǔ guǎngbò قازاق راديوسى ; Qazaq radiosy | Kazakh | |
| Mongolian Radio 蒙古语广播 ; Ménggǔyǔ guǎngbò ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠬᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ ; Moŋɣol qelen-ü radio | Mongolian | |
| Kyrgyz Radio 柯尔克孜语广播 ; Kē'ěrkèzīyǔ guǎngbò قىرعىز رادىيوسۇ ; Qirğiz radiyosu | Kyrgyz | |
| XJTV-2 Uyghur Information Channel ئاخبارات ئۇنىۋېرسال قانىلى ; Axbarat uniwërsal qanili | Uyghur | |
| XJTV-5 Drama Channel تىياتىر قانىلى ; Tiyatir qanili | ||
| XJTV-9 Economic Life Channel ئىقتىساد-تۇرمۇش قانىلى ; Iqtisad-turmush qanili | ||
| XJTV-3 Kazakh News Channel حابار امبەباپ ارناسى ; Xabar ambebap arnasy | Kazakh | |
| XJTV-8 Variety Channel الۋان ونەر ارناسى ; Alwan oner arnasy | ||
| XJTV-12 Multilingual Children's Channel ئۆسمۈرلەر قانىلى ; Ösmürler qanili | Chinese, Uyghur, Kazakh |
On prefectural level there were 13 stations with programmes in Uyghur (including Ürümqi), Kazakh (Ili, Tacheng, Altay), Kyrgyz (Kizilsu), and Mongolian (Bortala and Bayingolin). Within the 8th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps there was the Shihezi People's Broadcasting Station with programmes in Uyghur.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Inner Mongolia Radio and Television (until 2016 NMRB and NMTV) 内蒙古广播电视台 ; Nèiménggǔ guǎngbò diànshìtái ᠥᠪᠦᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ ᠲᠧᠯᠸᠢᠰ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠶᠠ ; Öbür Moŋɣol-un radio telvis qoriya Өвөр Монголын радио телевиз хороо | Mongolian Radio 蒙语广播 ; Méngyǔ guǎngbò ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠷᠠᠳᠢᠣ᠋ ; Moŋɣol radio Монгол радио | Mongolian |
| Voice of the Grassland 草原之声 ; Cǎoyuán zhīshēng ᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠳᠠᠭᠤ ᠬᠣᠭᠤᠯᠠᠢ ; Tal-a-yin daɣu qoɣulai Талын дуу хоолой | ||
| Satellite TV Channel 蒙古语卫视频道 ; Ménggǔyǔ wèishì píndào ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠲᠧᠯᠸᠢᠰ ; Odun telvis Одон телевиз | ||
| Culture Channel 蒙语文化频道 ; Méngyǔ wénhuà píndào ᠰᠣᠶᠤᠯ ᠰᠢᠨᠵᠢᠯᠡᠭᠡ ; Soyul sinǰilege Соёл шинжилгээ |
On prefectural level there were 12 stations with programmes in Mongolian (including Hohhot and Ordos).
Liaoning Province
In Liaoning there was 1 station with programmes in Mongolian on prefectural level (Fuxin).
Heilongjiang Province
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Heilongjiang Radio and Television 黑龙江广播电视台 ; Hēilóngjiāng guǎngbò diànshìtái | Heilongjiang Korean Broadcasting Station (since 1963) 흑룡강 조선어 방송국 ; Heungnyonggang joseoneo bangsongguk | Korean |
Jilin Province
In Jilin there was 1 station with programmes in Korean on prefectural level (Yanbian).
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Yanbian Radio and Television (YBRT) 延边广播电视台 ; Yánbiān guǎngbò diànshìtái 연변라지오TV방송국 ; Yeonbyeon rajio TV bangsongguk | General News 뉴스종합방송 AM ; Nyuseu jonghap bangsong | Korean |
| Literary Life 문예생활방송 FM ; Munye saenghwal bangson | ||
| Yanbian Satellite (since 2006) 연변위성 ; Yeonbyeon wiseong | ||
| YBTV-1 연변TV1 ; Yeonbyeon TV1 (News: 연변뉴스 ; Yeonbyeon nyuseu) | ||
| YBTV-2 연변TV2 ; Yeonbyeon TV2 | ||
Tibet Autonomous Region
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Tibet Radio and Television (until 2018 CTB and XZTV) 西藏广播电视台 ; Xīzàng guǎngbò diànshìtái བོད་ལྗོངས་རླུང་འཕྲིན་བརྙན་འཕྲིན་ལས་ཁུངས། ; Bod ljongs rlung 'phrin brnyan 'phrin las khungs | Tibetan Broadcasting བོད་སྐད་རྒྱང་བསྒྲགས། ; Bod skad rgyang bsgrags | Tibetan |
| Science and Education Radio ཚན་རིག་སློབ་གསོའི་རླུང་འཕྲིན། ; Tshan rig slob gso'i rlung 'phrin | ||
| Khams Radio ཁམས་པའི་སྐད་ཆ་རླུང་འཕྲིན། ; Khams pa'i skad cha rlung 'phrin | Khams Tibetan | |
| Tibetan Television བོད་སྐད་བརྙན་འཕྲིན། ; Bod skad brnyan 'phrin | Tibetan |
On prefectural level there were 7 stations with programmes in Tibetan (including Lhasa).
Qinghai Province
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Qinghai Radio and Television 青海广播电视台 ; Qīnghǎi guǎngbò diànshìtái | Qinghai Tibetan Radio མཚོ་སྔོན་བོད་སྐད་རྒྱང་སྒྲོག། ; Mtsho sngon bod skad rgyang sgrog | Amdo Tibetan |
| Amdo TV ཨ་མདོ་བརྙན་འཕྲིན། ; A mdo brnyan 'phrin |
On prefectural level there were 2 stations with programmes in Tibetan (Haixi and Yushu).
Gansu Province
In Gansu there was 1 station with programmes in Tibetan on prefectural level (Gannan).
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Gannan Radio and Television (GNRTV) 甘南广播电视台 ; Gānnán guǎngbò diànshìtái ཀན་ལྷོ་རྒྱང་སྒྲོག་བརྙན་འཕྲིན་ཁང། ; Kan lho rgyang sgrog brnyan 'phrin khang | Radio | Amdo Tibetan |
| GN-2 | ||
Sichuan Province
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Sichuan Radio and Television (SRT) 四川广播电视台 ; Sìchuān guǎngbò diànshìtái | Sichuan Ethnic Radio 四川民族广播 ; Sìchuān mínzú guǎngbò སི་ཁྲོན་མི་རིགས་རླུང་འཕྲིན། ; Si khron mi rigs rlung 'phrin ꌧꍧꊿꋅꅇꁊ ; Sypchuo cocux ddopput | Khams Tibetan, Nuosu |
| Kangba TV (SCTV-11) 康巴卫视网 ; Kāngbā wèishì wǎng ཁམས་པའི་བརྙན་འཕྲིན་དྲ་བ། ; Khams pa'i brnyan 'phrin dra ba | Khams Tibetan | |
On prefectural level there were 2 stations with programmes in Tibetan (Garzê and Ngawa) and 1 station with programmes in Nuosu (Liangshan).
Yunnan Province
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Yunnan Media Group (YMG) 云南广播电视台 ; Yúnnán guǎngbò diànshìtái | Ethnic Radio 民族广播 ; Mínzú guǎngbò | Tai Lü, Tai Nüa, Jingpo, Lahu, Lisu |
On prefectural level there were 3 stations with minority language programmes (Dêqên Tibetan, Dehong Dai and Jingpo, Xishuangbanna Dai).
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
| Station | Programme | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Guangxi Radio and Television (GXBTV) 广西广播电视台 ; Guǎngxī guǎngbò diànshìtái | Zhuang news Vahcueng Sinhvwnz 壮语新闻 ; Zhuàng yǔ xīnwén | Zhuang |
References
Literature
- NRTA: 国家广播电视总局 播出机构（频道）
- Hóngxiá, Sī; Xiăohuá, Lĭ (2013), "Use of language in radio and television broadcasting", in Yŭmíng, Lĭ (ed.), The language situation in China, vol. 1, De Gruyter, pp. 85–96, ISBN 978-1-61451-311-7
- Abduweli Yusup (2009), Die Fernsehnutzung von uigurischen Kindern und Jugendlichen in Xinjiang: einen Weg zur gesellschaftlichen Integration? [Uyghur children's and youngster's TV viewing in Xinjiang: a way towards social integration?] (Thesis) (in German), Erfurt: Universität, urn:nbn:de:gbv:547-200900052