Guangzhou Broadcasting Network

The Guangzhou Broadcasting Network, also known as GZBN, is a municipally-owned television network in Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The television department made its first broadcast on 10 January 1988, while radio department made its first broadcast on 1 December 1991. The GZBN is also owns a cable company and a showbiz newspaper, and owns Sky Link TV in the US.

Television



 * Guangzhou TV General : launched on 1988 with news, TV series, entertainment, lifestyle and public affairs programming. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.
 * Guangzhou TV News : launched on 1992 with local news and documentaries. Available in SD and HD since February 2018.
 * Guangzhou TV Drama : launched on 1994 with TV series, currently airs Canto-dubbed series. Available in SD and HD
 * Guangzhou TV Sport : launched on 1994 with simulcasts of Star Sports Network, now the partner and home broadcaster of local basketball team Guangzhou Long-Lions. Available in SD and HD
 * Guangzhou TV Legal : launched on 1994 with the name Guangzhou TV Economic, currently airs Mandarin TV series and legal programming. Available in SD and HD
 * Guangzhou TV Ultra HD : Mandarin-language 4K TV channel launched on 2020 to replace Kids, Lifestyle and Shopping channels. The channel is the first UHD channel owned by a Chinese municipal broadcaster.

Defunct channels

 * Guangzhou TV Lifestyle : on air between 1994 and 2020, previously airs English-language programming under the name "I Channel" from 2005 to 2014.
 * Guangzhou TV Kids : airs kids' programming mostly in Mandarin, on air between 2005 and 2020.
 * Guangzhou TV Shopping : airs teleshopping and infomercials from different companies, on air between 2006 and 2020.
 * Guangzhou TV Gov : airs government affairs programming, on air between 2016 and 2017, currently serves as a production unit.

Radio

 * News Radio (FM 96.2MHz, ): News and talk format
 * Car Music Radio (FM 102.7MHz, ): music format
 * Traffic Radio (FM 106.1MHz & AM 1098kHz, ): traffic updates, also served as the emergency broadcasting service "Guangzhou Emergency Radio"
 * Teens Radio (FM 88.0MHz & AM 1170kHz, ): music format under the My FM China branding, also known as "Guangzhou My FM88.0"

Controversies
In a New Year's Eve programming produced by the network in 2015, one performance from a local musical play about Cantonese opera came under fire in the community over its use of Mandarin language.

A video report edited by the network's social media team were claimed "misleading" by medical personnel during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic over steaming medical masks for re-use.