Qingdao Broadcasting System
Qingdao Broadcasting System (青岛市广播电视台) is a radio and television network based in Qingdao, Shandong. QBS operates seven radio stations and six television channels. Until 2025, it also operated China Food TV, a channel that also had presence in the United States.
History
[edit]QBS originates from radio station XTGM, founded in June 1933,[1] which became a part of the PLA-backed media backbone on 2 June 1949.[2]
Television broadcasts started on 1 October 1971.[3] Initially, in the 1970s, it was known as Qingdao Urban Television (青岛电视转播台),[4] the name was changed to Qingdao Television (青岛电视台) in February 1976. After its formal establishment, it continued to have an agreement with China Central Television to provide footage.[5] In 1999, it merged its second channel, an independent unit, into the existing station.[6]
In 2009, it signed a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Media Incorporated.[7] By 2010, it already operated six television channels.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 山东人民出版社 (in Chinese). 中国广播电视出版社. 1993. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ^ 电台总揽 Archived 1 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fukunaga, Mitsuhiro. "TV list on mainland China". TV-FM DX Forum. Archived from the original on 25 February 2005.
- ^ 中国广播电视年鉴 (in Chinese). 中国广播电视出版社. 2000. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ 中国新闻年鉴 (in Chinese). 清华大学出版社. 1982. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ 中国社会科学出版社. 清华大学出版社. 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Dubai Media Incorporated signs MOU with Qingdao Television Station of China". Middle East Company News. 29 September 2009.
- ^ 中国广播影视 (in Chinese). 中国广播电视出版社. 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
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