{"id":44480,"date":"2020-07-24T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=44480"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:38:10","slug":"china-radio-international-jim-seeks-help-understanding-language-schedule-and-transmitter-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/china-radio-international-jim-seeks-help-understanding-language-schedule-and-transmitter-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"China Radio International: Jim seeks help understanding language schedule and transmitter locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CRI-Front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12150\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CRI-Front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CRI-Front.jpg 731w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/CRI-Front-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Jim Meirose, who asks:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Each day in NJ I am hearing China Radio International in German on 9.570 MHz. It &#8220;fades in&#8221; up out of the noise about 2 pm EDT, and strengthens until the broadcast signs off just before 3 pm (1800 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>Two things: first, I have found on a couple of websites that a broadcast from CRI on 9.570 does run daily and signs off just before 1800 UCT, but&#8211;the listings say it is in English. What I am hearing is in German.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to find someone who can explain the discrepancy in languages between the listings and what I hear.<\/p>\n<p>Second, I would like to know for sure where the transmitter for this broadcast is located. I know CRI broadcasts not only from Beijing but from Albania, Cuba, and possibly others. Can someone tell me the answer?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks very much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Per your request, Jim, I&#8217;ll toss your question out here to the experts in the SWLing Post community. <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/china-radio-international-jim-seeks-help-understanding-language-schedule-and-transmitter-locations\/#respond\">Please comment if you can help Jim with his inquiry!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jim Meirose, who asks: Each day in NJ I am hearing China Radio International in German on 9.570 MHz. It &#8220;fades in&#8221; up out of the noise about 2 pm EDT, and strengthens until the broadcast signs off just before 3 pm (1800 UTC). Two things: first, I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,43],"tags":[141,429,8592,4082],"class_list":["post-44480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-china-radio-international","tag-cri","tag-jim-meirose","tag-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bzq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60584,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-cgtn-cri-september-7-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":44480,"position":0},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and recording of CGTN\/CRI (September 7, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"September 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of a recent CGTN (China Radio international) broadcast. 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