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Guangzhou Broadcasting Network

The Guangzhou Broadcasting Network, also known as GZBN, is a municipally owned television network in Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The television department made its first broadcast on 10 January 1988, while radio department made its first broadcast on 1 December 1991. The GZBN is also owns a cable company and a showbiz newspaper, and owns Sky Link TV in the US.[1]

History

Guangdong Television used the name Guangzhou Television from 1959 to 1979. In September 1987, Guangzhou Television was officially established. Broadcasts started on 10 January 1988 on UHF channel 34.[2]

On 10 January 2000, it unveiled a new spherical logo and the slogan "Impactful News, Unmissable Entertainment".[3]

Television

  • General : launched in 1988 with news, TV series, entertainment, lifestyle and public affairs programming. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.[4]
  • News : launched in 1992 with local news and documentaries. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.[4]
  • Drama : launched in 1994 with TV series, currently airs Canto-dubbed series. Available in SD and HD
  • Sport : launched in 1994 with simulcasts of Star Sports Network, now the partner and home broadcaster of local basketball team Guangzhou Long-Lions. Available in SD and HD
  • Legal : launched in 1994 with the name Guangzhou TV Economic, currently airs Mandarin TV series and legal programming. Available in SD and HD
  • TV Ultra HD : Mandarin-language 4K TV channel launched in 2020 to replace Kids, Lifestyle and Shopping channels. The channel is the first UHD channel owned by a Chinese municipal broadcaster.[5]

Defunct channels

  • Lifestyle : on air between 1994 and 2020, previously airs English-language programming under the name "I Channel" from 2005 to 2014.
  • Kids : airs kids' programming mostly in Mandarin, on air between 2005 and 2020.
  • Shopping : airs teleshopping and infomercials from different companies, on air between 2006 and 2020.
  • Gov : airs government affairs programming, on air between 2016 and 2017, currently serves as a production unit.

Radio

  • News Radio (FM 96.2MHz, ): News and talk format
  • Car Music Radio (FM 102.7MHz, ): music format
  • Traffic Radio (FM 106.1MHz & AM 1098kHz, ): traffic updates, also served as the emergency broadcasting service "Guangzhou Emergency Radio"
  • Teens Radio (FM 88.0MHz & AM 1170kHz, ): music format under the My FM China branding, also known as "Guangzhou My FM88.0"

Controversies

In a New Year's Eve programming produced by the network in 2015, one performance from a local musical play about Cantonese opera came under fire in the community over its use of Mandarin language.[6]

A video report edited by the network's social media team were claimed "misleading" by medical personnel during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic over steaming medical masks for re-use.[7]

See also

External links

References

  1. Larry Diamond, Orville Schell. China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance Hoover Press, 2019-08-01, retrieved September 4, 2022^
  2. 广州电视台简介 中国中央电视台, 2007-04-26, retrieved 2024-07-16^
  3. http://www.rologo.com/gztv-new-logo.html ROLOGO, retrieved 2020-03-02^
  4. Guangzhou Broadcasting Network Set Design Gallery NewscastStudio, retrieved 7 June 2020^
  5. 国家广电总局批准广州市广播电视台调整开办南国都市4K超高清频道 Chinese National Radio and Television Administration, retrieved 10 May 2020^
  6. Mimi Lau. 'Hung Sin-nui would be spinning in her grave': Cantonese opera boat in a storm over use of Putonghua South China Morning Post, 9 February 2016, retrieved 31 December 2020^
  7. AFP Hong Kong. Novel coronavirus: health experts warn against steaming face masks for reuse after misinformation on Chinese social media AFP Fact Check, 4 February 2020, retrieved 16 May 2020^