The Guangzhou Broadcasting Network (Chinese: 广州广播电视台; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Guǎngbò Diànshìtái; Jyutping: Gwong2zau1gwong2bo3din6si6toi4), 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]
Television
New headquarters of the network's TV department, The Guangzhou International Media Harbour. (2019)
Guangzhou TV General (Chinese: 广州综合频道): launched on 1988 with news, TV series, entertainment, lifestyle and public affairs programming. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.[2]
Guangzhou TV News (Chinese: 广州新闻频道): launched on 1992 with local news and documentaries. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.[2]
Guangzhou TV Drama (Chinese: 广州影视频道): launched on 1994 with TV series, currently airs Canto-dubbed series. Available in SD and HD
Guangzhou TV Sport (Chinese: 广州竞赛频道): launched on 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
Guangzhou TV Legal (Chinese: 广州法治频道): launched on 1994 with the name Guangzhou TV Economic, currently airs Mandarin TV series and legal programming. Available in SD and HD
Guangzhou TV Ultra HD (Chinese: 广州南国都市频道): Mandarin-language 4K TV channel launched on 2020 to replace Kids, Lifestyle and Shopping channels. The channel is the first UHD channel owned by a Chinese municipal broadcaster.[3]
Defunct channels
Guangzhou TV Lifestyle (Chinese: 广州生活频道): on air between 1994 and 2020, previously airs English-language programming under the name "I Channel" from 2005 to 2014.
Guangzhou TV Kids (Chinese: 广州少儿频道): airs kids' programming mostly in Mandarin, on air between 2005 and 2020.
Guangzhou TV Shopping (Chinese: 广州购物频道): airs teleshopping and infomercials from different companies, on air between 2006 and 2020.
Guangzhou TV Gov (Chinese: 广州花城频道): airs government affairs programming, on air between 2016 and 2017, currently serves as a production unit.
Radio
News Radio (FM 96.2MHz, Chinese: 广州新闻电台): News and talk format
Car Music Radio (FM 102.7MHz, Chinese: 广州汽车音乐电台): music format
Traffic Radio (FM 106.1MHz & AM 1098kHz, Chinese: 广州交通电台): traffic updates, also served as the emergency broadcasting service "Guangzhou Emergency Radio" (Chinese: 广州应急广播)
Teens Radio (FM 88.0MHz & AM 1170kHz, Chinese: 青少年广播): 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.[4]
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.[5]
^Diamond, Larry; Schell, Orville (1 August 2019). China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance. Hoover Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-8179-2286-3. OCLC 1104533323. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ a b"Guangzhou Broadcasting Network Set Design Gallery". NewscastStudio. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^Lau, Mimi (9 February 2016). "'Hung Sin-nui would be spinning in her grave': Cantonese opera boat in a storm over use of Putonghua". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^AFP Hong Kong (4 February 2020). "Novel coronavirus: health experts warn against steaming face masks for reuse after misinformation on Chinese social media". AFP Fact Check. AFP. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
