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China Drive is the only daily bi-lingual news and lifestyle radio show in China. It is broadcast seven days a week, 5–7 pm Beijing time on China Radio International and focusses on life in China. The programme has four main presenters.

Contents

Monday to Wednesday

  • Mark Griffiths
  • Yan Yinan

    • Thursday and Friday

  • Mark Griffiths
  • Ning Yan

    • Saturday and Sunday

  • Yan Yinan
  • John Artman

    • Format of the show

  • Hang Out Feature (A reporter, or one of the show's presenters goes to a location in Beijing and does a short report on what's there for visitors to see.)
  • Business-related report
  • Media Scan - a review of the day's foreign and Chinese newspapers and media websites
  • Movie Review with Zhao Kun
  • Science & Technology Feature with Li Dong
  • This Is IT - fashion feature with Shen Si
  • Roundtable Discussion - every Friday an important issue is discussed in depth

    • Team of Reporters for China Drive

    Original Team

  • Yan Yinan, Host
  • Chris Verrill, Host/Producer
  • James West, Business

    • Ongoing

  • Li Dong (Michael Li)
  • Liu Min
  • Wangjing
  • Shen Si

    • Former Team Members

    Chris Verrill Verrill was the first producer and co-host of China Drive. He spent only one year at CRI. He later launched Beijing Playhouse, China's English Broadway Theatre, www.beijingplayhouse.com

  • James West - Executive Producer of Hack on Triple J

    • Trevor Metz Trevor was the co-creator and former afternoon host of Real Time Beijing--a sister program to China Drive. He spent four years with CRI. He left the show to narrate the documentary series Discover China on 5CTV http://www.5ctv.tv/

    History

    China Drive first broadcast on CRI on December 1, 2005. It was hosted by Yan Yinan and Chris Verrill.

    China Drive broadcast weekdays 5 pm to 7 pm. It replaced and combined four different half hour shows that were on the air at 5 pm, 5:30 pm 6 pm, and 6:30 pm. The show was a lighthearted features magazine.

    Webcast

    http://english.cri.cn/4026/more/4163/more4163.htm

    China Drive first broadcast on CRI on December 1, 2005. It was originally hosted by Yan Yinan and Chris Verrill.

    In China

  • 87.9 MHz FM in Shanghai
  • Easy FM on 91.5 MHz FM in Beijing
  • 104.7 MHz FM in Guangzhou

    • In the United States

  • WNWR on 1540 kHz AM in Philadelphia
  • WUST on 1120 kHz AM in Washington, DC

    • In Europe

  • 1440 kHz AM via Marnach, Luxembourg covering most of Europe
  • 558 kHz across the UK. The morning edition of the show is re-broadcast 9-10pm the day of original transmission. The afternoon edition is aired between 3pm and 5pm the following day.

    • References

    China Drive Wikipedia
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