102 years ago today, on January 23, 1923 (December 7, 1922, the first private radio station in China began broadcasting. The recording room of the first private radio station On the evening of January 23, 1923, Shanghainese with radios heard a new voice for the first time. It was a radio station co-founded by China Radio Company founded by the American radio businessman Osborne, who ran telecommunications business in China, and the English-language "Mainland News". This is the first radio station in China, with a call sign XRO, a transmission power of 50 watts, and broadcasts for one hour every night. The content includes domestic and foreign news and Shanghai news, but it is mainly entertainment programs. On Sundays, there are religious programs such as "Sermon" and "Prayer". In order to promote radio, the station also holds lectures on basic radio knowledge. Because the establishment of the station was not approved by the relevant authorities of the China government and violated the decrees of the Beijing government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Beijing government sent personnel to negotiate many times, and the station stopped broadcasting soon.