Beijing’s covert radio network airs China-friendly news

[ChrisSmolinski]

Part 3: The Chinese government controls much of the content broadcast on a station that is blanketing the U.S. capital with pro-Beijing programming. WCRW is part of an expanding global web of 33 stations in which China’s involvement is obscured.

China has a number of state-run media properties, such as the Xinhua news agency, that are well-known around the world. But American officials charged with monitoring foreign media ownership and propaganda said they were unaware of the Chinese-controlled radio operation inside the United States until contacted by Reuters. A half-dozen former senior U.S. officials said federal authorities should investigate whether the arrangement violates laws governing foreign media and agents in the United States.

A U.S. law enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibits foreign governments or their representatives from holding a radio license for a U.S. broadcast station. Under the Communications Act, foreign individuals, governments and corporations are permitted to hold up to 20 percent ownership directly in a station and up to 25 percent in the U.S. parent corporation of a station.

CRI itself doesn’t hold ownership stakes in U.S. stations, but it does have a majority share via a subsidiary in the company that leases WCRW in Washington and a Philadelphia station with a similarly high-powered signal.

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/

[Pigmeat]

We should do the patriotic thing and jam them. The FCC will give us medals.

[ChrisSmolinski]

Another article on this: http://www.voanews.com/content/fcc-justice-department-probe-convert-chinese-radio-network/3033614.html

[L Cee]

We should do the patriotic thing and jam them. The FCC will give us medals.

I can think of a couple of The Angry Bastard shows that would be just the thing.

[ka1iic]

I've listen to some of these 'broadcasts' and they are so syrupy  it's enough to make me gag...

'Oh we are soooo happy.... we are soooooo nice'   it's all propaganda BS and the folks that cooked this up are downright stupid or think the listeners are...  most likely the latter...

WCRW needs to have its license pulled and the transmitters sold to the highest bidder or better yet, sold for scrap... take that 

gahhhhh!

have a great day and a better tomorrow!   

vince
ka1iic

[Pigmeat]

We should do the patriotic thing and jam them. The FCC will give us medals.

I can think of a couple of The Angry Bastard shows that would be just the thing.

After I called on listeners to burn down the banks in '02 and no one responded, I gave up on my audience ,LCee. I figured a clean and healthy activity for the entire family like bank-burning would take off, excuse the pun, like wildfire. There was no way anyone would get jailed, everyone hates banks.

Not even a little ATM fire, it was pathetic.

[BoomboxDX]

After re-reading the article, it seems that the Chinese owned company mentioned (G&E) is just buying time on the MW stations -- except they are buying all of the time, instead of just an hour here and there like you see on many brokered MW and SW U.S. stations.

Sometimes on good DX nights I can hear the station in Portland, Oregon, KXPD. Mostly what I've heard (when I've actually heard the station) is the same CRI English programming I've heard on SW.

I myself am not bothered by it. China and the U.S. have to figure out how to get along. China is one of our largest trading partners and apparently own a lot of U.S. debt. It may not be a pretty relationship, but it seems like goodwill between both countries needs to increase, not decrease.

And if these stations are putting out 'propaganda' it can't be any worse than the stuff that flies across the radio and TV airwaves here in the U.S. each election season.

[ka1iic]

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"And if these stations are putting out 'propaganda' it can't be any worse than the stuff that flies across the radio and TV airwaves here in the U.S. each election season."

This is so true but most of us realize it as fact... the others vote for ....  Oh never mind, the Doctor wants me to stay out of politico stuff... blood pressure you know 

I have listened to a few of the broadcasts and like I said before... it makes 'Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood' sound like intense drama.

I do wish they would at least try to improve on the audio, the times I have heard them the audio was low and...  a bit nasty...  like the audio is injected into a low level RF stage and the class B RF output stage was mis-tuned... a weird distortion and not listen-able for a length of time or maybe it's just me... 

Anyone else hear what I am hearing on the signal?  All of my receivers detect the same thing and the audio on most stations seems OK...   <sigh>