China Tibet Broadcasting Explained

China Tibet Broadcasting (;CTB) is a broadcast network headquartered in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its radio programmes were founded in 1959. Its English language audio broadcast is called Holy Tibet, broadcasts at 07:00 and 16:00 UTC every day.

The official website is "Voice of Tibet" (;). It comprises the CTB with and Tibet Television (; XZTV).

China Tibet Broadcasting Radio Stations!English channel Name!Chinese channel name!Frequency!Fower
Standard Chinese radio汉语广播FM93.3
AM1377
FM:10 kW
AM:200 kW
Standard Tibetan radio藏语广播FM101.6
AM594
FM:10 kW
AM:200 kW
Kham Tibetan language radio康巴话广播FM103
AM783
FM:10 kW
AM:200 kW (2021–Present)
City life radio都市生活广播FM98FM:10 kW
Educational radio教育广播FM106.3FM:10 kW

Broadcast time

Standard Chinese: 4:00 (Wednesday 5:00)–2:00 (next day)
Standard Tibatan: 4:50 (Wednesday 5:00)–2:00 (next day)
Kham Tibetan language: 6:00–0:00 (next day)
City life: 6:50–2:00 (next day)
Educational: 7:30–13:30 and 18:00–22:00

History

Lhasa was served by a cable radio station from 1953 to 1958, the People's Broadcasting Station of Tibet, installed by the government. The existing Lhasa station borrowed a 3,5 kW shortwave transmitter on December 28, 1958 and converted to a wireless station on January 1, 1959.[1] In 1973, the Mandarin and Tibetan programmes began to air on separate radio stations.

A preparing group for Tibetan television was created in October 1976, with the filming of a documentary, Jubilant Plateau, under the name "Tibet Television".[1] The first test broadcast was conducted on May 1, 1978, in black and white. The same team started conducting color broadcasts on October 1, 1979.[2] [1] [3]

Tibet Television under Voice of Tibet was launched on August 20, 1985, with the name being signed by Deng Xiaoping in Mandarin and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in Tibetan. At the time, it broadcast a one-channel general service in both languages.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 西藏新闻传播百年:瞬间与永恒. 中国民族报. 07. 2007-04-06.
  2. Web site: 视频:北京电视台改名为中央电视台影像资料 . 上海音像资料馆 . 国家广电总局中国电视艺术委员会、上海广播电视台 . 5 December 2015 . 28 August 2014 . 23 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200923103156/http://sava.sh.cn/visual/video/2014-08-28/1297933.html . live .
  3. 郭镇之 . 中国电视史略(1958——1978) . 《现代传播》 . 1989 . 2 . CNKI

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  4. Web site: 西藏电视台 . 中国西藏之声网 . 22 May 2014 . 25 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170625233840/http://www.vtibet.com/ds/dstjj/ . live .