China Radio International (CRI) has set up a new radio service for countries around the South China Sea. The Voice of the South China Sea broadcasts in six languages, including Mandarin Chinese, English, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Filipino as well as Indonesian. According to CRI, the English programs of the Voice of the South China Sea can be heard at 0600-0700 UTC (14:00-15:00 Beijing time) on the frequency of 1008 kHz AM. Contrary to CRI's own information, Japanese DXer Sei-ichi Hasegawa has observed English-language programming at 0405-0500 and 0505-0600 UTC, followed by CRI News at the top of the hour. Parallel FM frequency 101.0 MHz is on the air at 2200-1700 UTC, and can be heard also over the Internet. Hasegawa estimates that programming currently comes from a 10-kilowatt transmitter in Beijing, and that the high-power AM broadcasts have not yet begun. CRI announced the launch on April 9.
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