On October 16, 1949, the Guangzhou Military Control Commission of the Chinese people's Liberation Army took over the Kuomintang Guangzhou radio station located at No. 67 Zhaohe Road, Shamian, Guangzhou, in accordance with the order of chairman Ye Jianying.
<p>On October 20, 1949, the radio station representing the people's political power officially broadcast with the call sign of "Guangzhou people's radio station"; In June of the following year, the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and the provincial people's Government approved the establishment of Guangdong People's Radio and broadcast it in two sets of programs.
In 1958, the provincial government invested in the construction of a broadcasting building with European architectural style and domestic first-class equipment, which is known as "one of the top ten buildings in Guangdong on the 10th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China". On September 16, 1959, Guangdong Radio moved to here. For half a century, several generations of broadcasters have participated in and witnessed the start, reform and development of Guangdong broadcasting! At that time, Guangdong People's radio had already broadcast three programs.
In 1980, Guangdong Radio pioneered stereo broadcasting in mainland China, changing the broadcasting mode and improving the listening effect. Founded the Pearl River Economic radio station in 1986, it promoted the reform and development of broadcasting in mainland China with the "Pearl River Model". In 1996, Guangdong Radio already had 8 programs.
In May 2002, Guangdong broadcasting center, a modern broadcasting building invested by Guangdong Provincial People's government, was completed and put into operation next to the old site.
As of the time when the monument was erected - October 2004, Guangdong People's radio has 9 programs and the Pacific Film and Video Corporation, which is famous at home and abroad. It is one of the provincial radio stations with the largest scale and the most resources.
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Looking forward to the future, Guangdong People's radio has drawn a blueprint for realizing the leapfrog development of broadcasting, deepened reform, innovated the system, and gradually entered a new stage of development!
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