The China AM ID Database – a project in the works since May 2021 – is now online!
This database is the most comprehensive look at Chinese-language radio on the Internet with top-of-hour station IDs and time pips for 636 stations broadcasting in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. This guide, consisting of 1,515 station IDs, amounts to 53 hours of primarily studio-quality audio covering more than 95% of the Chinese-language AM band.
With stations organized both by frequency and alphabetically, it has never been easier for those in the radio hobby to identify unknown stations. In addition, audio clips of nearly 30 languages are featured with related educational resources, making identification of languages an easy process for those otherwise unfamiliar with what they are hearing.
I hope you will check out this completed project, a valuable educational and historical archive of radio in East Asia.
(And if this isn’t your thing, my Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide covers hours of propaganda audio from the Koreas, more relevant now for the fact these powerhouse stations have all switched off in the past week).
https://www.chriskadlec.com/radio/china-database
Chris Kadlec to irca iog (2024-01-17)