Radio Peking (6 Nov.1970)

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Radio Peking (6 November 1970). Commentary on establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Italy; message from China to Soviet Union.

Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.

Information on China-Italy relations-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Italy_relations

Radio Peking (6 Nov.1970) China-Italy relations

Japan- China Treaty (1972)

THE SIGNING OF THE JAPAN- CHINA TREATY
(Fri. Sept. 29, 1972)

01. Radio Peking 08-30 GMT 19 metres
02. Radio Japan 09-30 GMT 25 metres

Recorded off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia

Information on the Japan- China Treaty-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Peace_and_Friendship_between_Japan_and_China

Japan-China Treaty - Radio Peking (29 Sept. 1972)
Japan-China Treaty - Radio Japan (29 Sept. 1972)

Radio Peking: 20th Anniversary nuclear bomb (October 3, 1969)

 

Radio Peking- statement on nuclear explosion to mark the 20th
Anniversary celebrations of the Communist Party of China. Broadcast 7.40pm (East Australian Time) Sunday, October 5, 1969.

Radio Peking recorded off air in Brisbane, Australia by Ian Holder

Radio Peking- 20th Anniversary nuclear bomb (Oct3.1969)

20th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China (3 October 1969)

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

Radio Peking broadcast (Friday 3 October 1969) commemorating the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1949. Recorded from shortwave by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia.

(Sound quality- fair)

Radio Peking- 20th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China (Friday 3 Oct.1969)

China's First Satellite (1970)

Radio Peking- Sunday April 26, 1970
09-30 GMT. 19 metres
Recorded off-air by Ian Holder,
Brisbane, Australia.

China's first satellite information-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Fang_Hong_I

Other broadcasts-

https://archive.org/details/@i_holder

Other broadcasts-

https://archive.org/details/@i_holder

Radio Peking- China's First Satellite (26 April 1970)

Death of Mao Zedong (1976)

Radio Peking- Death of Mao Zedong (9 September 1976)

The death of Chairman Mao at 82 in 1976 brought to an end
the Cultural Revolution which cost millions of lives.

Monitored from Radio Peking shortwave service.
Commentary in English and funeral music.

Recording made off-air by Ian Holder, Brisbane, Australia

Other broadcasts-

https://archive.org/details/@i_holder

RadioPeking- Death of Mao (9Sept1976)

Radio Peking: circa 1968

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Many thanks to David Firth, who is kindly sharing shortwave radio recordings he made on reel-to-reel recording equipment in the late 1960s. Firth is uncovering and digitizing these off air recordings as time allows and, thanks to his generosity, we will be posting these recordings on the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive.

The following is a recording of Radio Peking, which Firth recorded in 1968.

Click here to download the recording as an MP3, or simply listen via the embedded player below:

Radio Peking: circa 1968
David Firth