Old interval signal of Radio Peking 

For some reason I find 'The East is Red' played on chimes at the beginning almost unbearably beautiful and heart-wrenching. And to think that little melody was being broadcast into the vast emptiness of space by China's first satellite. It gives one a sensation of exquisite, poignant loneliness...

Wow, I haven't heard this in maybe 45 years! Thank you.

I remember clearly this beautiful jingle, from Sardinia, Italy at the end of the seventies... I was a little girl with a passion for the radio stations in AM. thank you for the post

A very evocative piece. Back in the 1970s, my country was great friends with The People’s Republic of China. They built the high power transmitters to relay the Radio Peking transmissions to Europe, the western parts of the USSR, North Africa as well as the countries of the near and Middle East. The transmitter site was situated at a place called Shijak, situated between Tirana and Durres. Our own international radio station Radio Tirana also used the same transmitter site, and in fact had one of the most powerful transmitters in service anywhere in the world back then. The same transmitters are still used by Radio Tirana today, as well as other post Communist stations. Ironically back in the 70s and early 80s the Soviets used to ‘jam’ the Radio Tirana transmissions in Russian, so much for socialist solidarity! The Communist era Radio Tirana interval signal was taken from an old Albanian partisan tune called ‘With a pick axe in one hand, and a Rifle in the other’ It all seems a very long time ago now.

Wo ist die Zeit geblieben. Meine Kindheit 😓😓👌

When I was in Beijing in the 90's, it played on the Railway Station clocktower at the beginning of every hour.

I was 12 years old in 1968 when I first heard this on my shortwave radio.

This seems from an Post Apocalypse Movie Soundtrack. Bethesda should use this for a fallout set in China imo

i remembered those days by listening it. thanks.

The East Is Red. I remember this from when I listened to this radio station.

Thank you for posting this vintage clip! I remember at least before 1982 (or even later) China National Radio (CNR, 中央人民广播电台 Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai) has been using the full interval signal for all its stations. Before 1 May 1978, China National Radio, Radio Peking and China Central Television (Then Peking Television) were not fully divided; all belonged to the Central Broadcasting Affairs Bureau of China (Now SARFT of China). CNR until possibly 1980s was using the full interval of 'The East is Red' and the song as its starting tune. As 'March of the Volunteers (义勇军进行曲 Yiyongjun Jinxingqu)' was reinstated as the Chinese National Anthem with legal status, It has become the starting tune of CNR possibly since 1982, and China Radio International changed its package in 1996 I remember (when I was primary school pupil I started to tune into Shortwave Radio hahaha) See also the CNR Taiwan Service possibly after 1975(?): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mHjMReenps8.html

Unforgettable. I did a lot of DX-ing in the 70's.

It is easy to see why "The East is Red" made such a great revolutionary anthem. It is very melodic and stirring: It evokes revolutionary zeal.

The East is red is a 1965 song and Epic dance film from the August First Film studios (PLA Film Studios from the People's Republic of China)

Wonderful memories..! I remember get A3 sized full color magazines from Radio Peking. Wish I had them now.

Tanks for general programs.

Ja, genau so hat es sich damals angehört, um 1975. Wenn der Empfang gut war über Kurzwelle. Das war oft nicht der Fall, aber gerade das hat es interessant gemacht.

long time ego ,,,nostalgic,,oh my heart

Good recording. brings back memories.

Gracias por la programación.

Greetings from México.

Saludos desde México.

Greeting from Hawaii...Aloha

Really impressive ！ As a Chinese I haven't heard this before... maybe it's too old .

Workers of the world Unite!

Whonderful

Oh my nostalgia's

My Dad lived in Tsingtao and Timsin in the late 40s and 50s...I know he would of Heard this.....I like Hong Kong And Chengdu...We want to see the Pandas!!!

Desperately looking for the old signing off melody (outro) of Radio Peking (not CRI). Any chance someone recorded that one?

erinnerung an 1975 da war radio peking ein muss um 21.00 auf 7780 khz lang lang is her

Longa vida à nação Chinesa

Pequing, Capital do mundo geo/politicomilitar

Good news Arani Rajshahi.

Using as the same movies comes from August Film studios in 1960's (Chinese Movies from People republic of China)

Is the east still red?

Chairman Mao...Song

Chinese Patriotic songs the East is red during Cultural Revolution in China since 1960's

PLA Stands for People's liberation army of China

With Joe Biden in the White House, this will soon become the United States' new national anthem.