{"id":62813,"date":"2025-05-13T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=62813"},"modified":"2025-05-06T06:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:36:59","slug":"dan-tunes-into-tibet-hello-xizang-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/dan-tunes-into-tibet-hello-xizang-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Tunes into Tibet: \u201cHello Xizang\u201d in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62815\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1-1024x647.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1-768x485.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tibet-Map-1-624x394.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Many years ago, I used to enjoy listening to distant stations that broadcast a regular English language program to Eastern North America (where I live). They would generally have a newscast and commentary, which was often followed by a daily feature that would help a listener better understand what life was like in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This type of programming is harder to find these days, but I was recently pleasantly surprised to find that the Tibet Autonomous Region of China (or Xizang in Chinese) has had a couple of daily broadcasts in English for some time. The programs are called \u201c<em>Hello Xizang<\/em>\u201d. According to their website, Hello Xizang \u201ccovers everything from social issues to traditional culture. It brings you news, stories and in-depth reports happening in Xizang. Check it out to gain an insight into modern Xizang and feel the pulse of contemporary Xizang.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hello Xizang is an hour long program in English between 0700 and 0800 UTC, and again from 1600 to 1700 UTC (most convenient time for me). A few frequencies to try are 4905, 4920, 6200 and 7255 kHz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This schedule may not work too well for listeners in North America but quality reception can be had through the use of various SDR\u2019s located closer to the transmitter site. I often use the Kiwi SDR of VE3HLS (Ken) who has retired in northern Thailand, from which I made the attached recording of their switch over from Tibetan to English programming:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-62813-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hello-Xizang-via-ve3hls.proxy_.kiwisdr.com_2025-05-05T15_58_44Z_6200.00_am.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hello-Xizang-via-ve3hls.proxy_.kiwisdr.com_2025-05-05T15_58_44Z_6200.00_am.mp3\">https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Hello-Xizang-via-ve3hls.proxy_.kiwisdr.com_2025-05-05T15_58_44Z_6200.00_am.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Happy Listening!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dan Greenall, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: Many years ago, I used to enjoy listening to distant stations that broadcast a regular English language program to Eastern North America (where I live). They would generally have a newscast and commentary, which was often followed by a daily feature that would help a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3,746,651,43],"tags":[10271,10805,4082,10806,4116],"class_list":["post-62813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-recordings","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-dan-greenall","tag-hello-xizang","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-tibet","tag-whats-on-shortwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gl7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13737,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/listening-across-the-globe-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":62813,"position":0},"title":"Listening across the globe: 2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On Sunday, 21 June 2015, the BBC World Service officially transmitted the 2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast--an international radio broadcast intended for a small group of scientists, technicians, and support staff who work for the British Antarctic Survey. 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