Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company

Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting
中華電台

City	New York City
Broadcast area	New York metropolitan area
Frequency	92 kHz subcarrier
First air date	1968
Format	Cantonese
Power	6000 watts
Owner	Metro Chinese Broadcasting
Website	http://cwcb.com/

The Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company (CWCB or 中華電台) (simplified Chinese: 中华商业广播电台; traditional Chinese: 中華商業廣播電台; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Shāngyè Guǎngbō Diàntái; Jyutping: Zung1 Waa4 Soeng1 Jip6 Gwong2 Bo3 Din6 Toi4) or Metro Chinese Broadcasting was established in 1968, CWCB is the oldest Chinese Language radio station in the New York City Metro Area. The radio station sends a 92 kHz subcarrier of WSKQ-FM 97.9 MHz from the top of the Empire State Building. The signal covers 50 square mile radius area including the five boroughs of New York City, lower Hudson Valley of New York, Long Island, northeastern New Jersey and Fairfield County in Connecticut.^[1] It is one of two Cantonese radio stations in the metro area, the other is WZRC AM 1480.

Among the many program offerings are: English lessons, Chinese Opera, Cantopop, locally and internationally produced variety shows, children's programming, local news, foreign news, and even traffic and weather, all delivered in Cantonese, one of the native dialects of China and Hong Kong. Among the community service programs, Chung Wah radio offers listener call-in question and answer segments for social services, health, and government. Representatives from the Social Services Administration, Medicare, Medicaid, and members from the city council and State senate regularly appear as guests on the programs.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.cwcb.com/about-us-1/ Coverage area
↑ http://www.cwcb.com/shows1/ Metro Chinese Broadcasting show schedule

Radio stations in the Metropolitan New York market
By AM frequency	570 660¹ 710¹ 770¹ 820 880¹ 1010 1050 1130¹ 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560¹ 1600 1620² New Jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 Westchester County, New York 1460
Apex/VHF FM	42.8
By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1³ 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.1 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 106.3 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 88.7 89.1³ 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1⁴ 94.7 95.9 97.5 99.1 100.3⁴ 103.1 105.9⁴ Long Island, New York 92.7 103.5⁴ Westchester County, New York 88.1 90.3 93.5 94.3 96.7 100.7 103.9 106.3 107.1
Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Chinese Radio New York Gatewave radio reading service Radio Maria Stati Uniti (Italian) 92 kHz Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company ICN Radio Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) RBC Radio
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	710 770 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.1-1³ 89.1-2³ 89.1-3³ 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1⁴ 93.1-2⁴ 93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 93.5-4 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 94.7-1 94.7-2 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 96.3-1 96.3-2 96.3-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.1-1 99.1-2 99.1-3 100.3-1⁴ 100.3-2⁴ 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.7-1 102.7-2 102.7-3 103.5-1⁴ 103.5-2⁴ 103.9-1 104.3-1 104.3-2 104.3-3 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1⁴ 105.9-2⁴ 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2
By callsign	KWO35 W232AL W236CH W248CG W276AQ W284BW W292DV WA2XMN WABC¹ WADO WARY WAXQ HD2 HD3 WAWZ HD2 HD3 WBAI WBBR¹ WBGO HD2 WBLS HD2 WCBS¹ WCBS-FM HD2 HD3 WEPN WEPN-FM HD2 HD3 WFAN¹ WFAN-FM WFDU³ HD2 HD3 WFME¹ WFME-FM WFMU WFUV HD2 WGHT WHCR-FM WHTZ⁴ HD2 WHUD WICR² WINS WJDM WKCR-FM HD2 HD3 WKDM WKLV-FM WKRB WKTU⁴ HD2 WLIB WLTW HD2 WMCA WMSC WNBM WNEW-FM HD2 HD3 WNSH HD2 WNSW WNYC WNYC-FM HD2 HD3 WNYE WNYL HD2 WNYM WNYU-FM³ WNYZ-LP WOR¹ WPAT WPAT-FM⁴ HD2 WPLJ HD2 HD3 WPSC-FM WQBU-FM WQHT HD2 WQXR-FM⁴ HD2 WQXW WSIA WSKQ-FM WSNR WSOU HD2 WVIP HD2 HD3 HD4 WVOX WWPR-FM HD2 WWRL WWRU WWRV WXNY-FM HD2 HD3 WXPK WYNE-LP WZRC
Internet	Pulse 87 WBAR
Defunct	2XG WHN (1050) WJY (Hoboken, New Jersey) WJY (New York) WNBC (660) WNBC-FM (97.1) WNEW (1130) WYNY (97.1, 103.5, 107.1)
NYC Metro Markets Hudson Valley Long Island Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Stamford-Norwalk Other nearby radio markets Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Poughkeepsie Sussex Trenton See also List of radio stations in New York ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Part 15 station with notability. ³ = Stations share time on the frequency. ⁴ = Transmits from atop the Empire State Building.

Radio stations broadcasting in the Chinese language

Chinese-language radio in Canada
The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese
Calgary	CHKF
Edmonton	CKER
Montreal	CFMB
Toronto	CHIN CHKT CIRV CJRK
Vancouver	CHKG CHMB CJVB

Radio in China
National	China Radio International China National Radio
Regional	Radio Beijing Corporation Fujian Radio Radio Guangdong Hubei Radio Hunan Broadcasting System Inner Mongolia Radio Heilongjiang Radio Lanzhou Radio Nanjing Radio Shaanxi Radio Shanghai Media Group Shenzhen Media Group Tianjin Radio Tibet Radio Urumqi Radio Xinjiang Radio Zhejiang Radio
Hong Kong	Radio Television Hong Kong Commercial Radio Hong Kong Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited
Macau	Teledifusão de Macau Radio Vilaverde Lda
China Radio Markets Beijing Fujian Guangdong Heilongjiang Shanghai Sichuan Tianjin Xinjiang Zhejiang See also List of radio stations in China

Chinese-language radio in Malaysia
RTM	Ai FM
Cense Media	City Plus FM
Media Prima	One FM
Astro Radio	goXuan Melody My
KTS Group	TEA FM
Star Radio Group	988 FM

Chinese-language radio in Singapore
Mediacorp Radio	Y.E.S. 93.3FM Capital 95.8FM Love 97.2FM
So Drama! Entertainment	883JiaFM
SPH Radio	96.3 Hao FM UFM 1003

Radio stations in Taiwan
Government	Radio Taiwan International National Education Radio Taipei Broadcasting Station Voice of Han Fuxing Radio
Private	Broadcasting Corporation of China Hit FM ICRT KISS Radio PCJ Radio

Chinese-language radio in the United States
The following channels offer at least some programming in Chinese
Boston	WILD WROL
Florida	WYFR (Okeechobee)
Honolulu	KHCM
Houston	KCHN
Los Angeles	KAZN KQEV-LP KWRM KMRB
New York	Chinese Radio New York Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company WGBB WKDM WZRC Chinese American Voice
Philadelphia	WNWR
San Francisco	KEST KVTO KSQQ KSFN
Overseas	Radio Free Asia Voice of America

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