REMARKABLE: 11660 AM CNR1 jammer is still holding up!

Was supposed to go off @ 1500z, which is when VOA Chinese finishes on this freq.

And at 1601z, 11670 joined in w/ an even stronger signal (on Twente), a minute late to block VOA Tibetan.

Happy #ChineseNewYear! 😆🏮 🐰 #Chunwan

Isn't it strange that CCTV is carrying the #ChineseNewYear gala on as many as 8 out of 18 channels they have? (they're numbered 1-17 & 5+)

CCTV 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15 & 17 all have it, and you can choose whichever is your favourite @ https://tv.cctv.com/live

#LunarNewYear #YearOfTheRabbit #Chunwan

A few minutes after 1300z, Shaanxi PBS on 747 kHz started its own #ChineseNewYear gala. Interesting in fact, as it is considered that with 100mln+ viewership, there's NO competition to CCTV/China Media Group gala, despite sometimes obvious political influence... 🤔 #mediumwave #YearOfTheRabbit #Chunwan

Oh, MWlist says this Shaanxi PBS channel is actually Chinese Opera Radio. 50kW, but with "10kW?" note, from Xi'an, so DXworthy in better (i.e. less sunspotty) days 😉

And what if you want to actually *watch* the Gala live?

I think the most convenient way is YouTube.

An original feed in Chinese, courtesy CCTV4, is available in 1080p @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABhd7de-QtI
whereas CGTN runs simultaneous English translation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwgJ3CsfWZg

#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #YearOfTheRabbit #Chunwan

Looking at #mediumwave dial of Chongqing🇨🇳 #KiwiSDR, found the gala on many frequencies; apart from CNR1 (639 1008 1377 1593 kHz etc.) the selection includes:
891 Ningxia PBS
918 Shandong PBS
1152 Hunan PBS (captured)
1449 UNID, pres. Dongying rather than Fujian

#ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheRabbit #Chunwan

On SDRs both in Europe & Asia, found more #shortwave relays of China Media Group #ChineseNewYear 2023 Gala on:
Xizang PBS 7450 kHz, with 4820 6050 7240 to arrive to Europe later
Qinghai PBS 9780 kHz
but NOT Voice of Strait, run by People's Liberation Army towards Taiwan, on 666 783 4900 kHz (4940 inactive atm). Both Chinese & Amoy channels are in the same programme, however.

#Chunwan

The China Media Group's #ChineseNewYear 2023 Gala has begun @ 1200z, and there are A LOT of radio stations in the country that are carrying it.

Per my monitoring, CNR1 is carrying it in its entirety. Won't list the frequencies, way too many of them, esp. w/ #jammers lol

CNR2 is NOT carrying it

CNR5 Taihai Zhi Sheng to Taiwan does have it on 549 765 837 1116 5925 7385 9410 kHz

So is CNR7 Cross-Strait Radio, somewhat noisy on 13770 AM, heard almost globally

#shortwave #mediumwave #Chunwan